Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Twll y Darren Round Barrow
Llanegryn, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanegryn, Gwynedd, recorded as Round Barrow (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 14 May 2003
- Community
- Llanegryn
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.65796, -4.03508
- SAM number
- ME222
- Cadw record number
- 3937
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 · 149 Barmouth (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 a prominent, well-preserved and largely intact round barrow, which probably dates to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000-1500 BC). The monument is some 11m in diameter by 0.9m high and is unusual in a Welsh upland context in comprising a barrow of earth rather than the more usual cairn of stones. The monument is associated with the Allt Lwyd Bronze Age ritual complex and burial cairns.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of intact ritual and burial deposits, environmental and structural evidence and preserved prehistoric ground surfaces below the monument. Barrows 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
- Allt Lwyd Cairn IIRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Allt Lwyd Cairn IRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Ty'n y CornelDomesticunder 1 mi
- Farmyard buildings on the NW side of the farmyard at Ty'n y CornelAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.