Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
ME230
Name
Capel Maethlon round barrow
Date of Designation
14/03/2003
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Tywyn
Easting
262807
Northing
298469
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 round barrow, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within improved pasture on the Cwm Maethlon valley floor. The grass-covered earth and stone barrow is circular on plan and measures 26m in diameter and up to 1.8m in height.
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. Its survival within an area of improved agriculture is also very rare and further enhances its importance.
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 35m in diameter.