Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
DE265
Name
Cefn Coch Tumulus
Date of Designation
23/08/2000
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Denbighshire
Community
Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
Easting
314138
Northing
356879
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Round Barrow
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 earthen built round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and is located in the field to the south of Cefn-coch farm. The barrow is circular in shape on plan and has a rounded profile, measuring 40m in diameter x 1m high. Aerial photography shows two wide ditches surrounding the mound, the inner ditch measuring 24m in diameter and the outer ditch 45m in diameter.
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. It is a circle and measures 60m in diameter, centred on the cairn.