Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
ME239
Name
Craig Las cairn
Date of Designation
17/02/2003
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Arthog
Easting
268123
Northing
313933
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Round 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 a round cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within rough grazing on the NE-facing flank of Craig-las. The stone-built cairn is circular on plan and measures 6m in diameter and up to 1.2m in height. There is a fine exposed cist in the centre of the cairn, measuring 0.8m in length by 0.45m transversely and 0.6m in depth. The cairn has been constructed around a large angular boulder, against which the cist has been built.
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 secondary burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 15m in diameter.