Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
CN347
Name
Moel Wnion cairn
Date of Designation
29/01/2004
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanllechid
Easting
264966
Northing
369712
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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a large burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within open moorland on the summit of Moel Wnion. The stone built cairn is circular on plan and measures about 11m in diameter and up to 0.3m in height. The cairn has been disturbed in the past, with the construction of a drystone shelter around an Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar.
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.
The area to be scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 20m in diameter.