Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
DE087
Name
Circular Platforms North West of Hen Ddinbych
Date of Designation
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanrhaeadr-Yng-Nghinmeirch
Easting
298925
Northing
356510
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Platform Cairn
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the scheduled monument.
The monument comprises the remains of two round platform cairns, dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC).
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface. Platform cairns 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.