ME024

Tyfos Stone Circle  

 

Designated  

Denbighshire  

Llandrillo  

302847  

338757  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Stone Circle  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument. The monument comprises the remains of a stone circle, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The monument is 19yrds in diameter and consists of 15 stones (now visible), with big boulders on the edge. The area within stones is quite flat and there are no signs of a Cist. 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. Stone circles are often 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.