Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
ME221
Name
Craig y Ganllwyd Cairn and Cist
Date of Designation
25/02/2003
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Ganllwyd
Easting
271884
Northing
325549
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 a well-preserved and largely intact round platform cairn, a burial monument constructed from stones and probably dating to the Early Bronze Age (c.2000-1500 BC). The cairn lies on a saddle of Carn y Ganllwyd within what is now Coed y Brenin Forest and measures 8m in diameter and stands 0.4m high. In the centre of the cairn are the remains of a stone box or "cist" which once held the body or ashes of those interred in the monument.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual and forms an important element of a wider prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and structural and environmental evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.