Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
DE060
Name
Cader Bronwen Round Barrow
Date of Designation
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Wrexham
Community
Llandrillo
Easting
307748
Northing
334659
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Round barrow cairn
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a stone-built cairn, possibly a platform cairn, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairn is c. 23m diam x up to 2m high, although the upper portion of the monument has been altered by the movement of stone to create a walkers' cairn. To the south-west is a large boulder which may originally been placed as a standing stone.
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 both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Barrows may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can 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.