Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cefn Coch Cairn and Cist
Ganllwyd, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 13 March 2003
- Community
- Ganllwyd
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.78046, -3.89784
- SAM number
- ME220
- Cadw record number
- 3947
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises a well-preserved and largely intact burial cairn, probably dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000-1500 BC). It is 8m in diameter and stands 0.9m high. In the centre of the cairn are the remains of a stone box or "cist" which once held the body or ashes of those interred in the monument.
The cairn stands on an east-facing shelf of Cefn Coch with spectacular views over the Mawddach valley and Llanfachraeth to the south and east and forms an important element in a wider prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of intact burial or ritual deposits, environmental and structural evidence and preserved prehistoric ground surfaces below the monument.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Former Farmhouse at Cae Mawr including attached ByreDomesticunder 1 mi
- Tyn-y-LlwynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Berth-Llwyd & Cefn Coch Gold Mining ComplexMillunder 1 mi
- Glasdir Copper and Gold Mine MillMill1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.