Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llyn Eiddew Bach Ring Cairn II
Talsarnau, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Talsarnau, Gwynedd, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 18 February 2003
- Community
- Talsarnau
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.89035, -4.01739
- SAM number
- ME210
- Cadw record number
- 3933
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the well-preserved remains of a ring cairn, which probably date to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000-1500 BC). It comprises a circular bank of turfed-over stones some 8m in diameter, 1.0m wide and 0.4m high. The site is largely buried beneath blanket peat. The monument is associated with the Fonllech Hir prehistoric trackway and the Bryn Cader-Faner cairn circle.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of intact ritual and burial deposits, structural evidence and preserved prehistoric ground surfaces below the monument. Since the cairn is largely buried beneath blanket peat it also retains considerable palaeo-environmental potential. Ring cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can be further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Llyn Eiddew Bach Round CairnsKerb Cairnunder 1 mi
- Hut Circle Settlement and Cairn Field West of Llyn Eiddew BachHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Llyn Eiddew Bach Ring Cairn IRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Settlements SW of Bryn Cader FanerHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.