Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
CN376
Name
Goetre Uchaf barrow
Date of Designation
05/05/2004
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Pentir
Easting
255560
Northing
369902
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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a round barrow, a burial mound probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) formerly situated within enclosed pasture on the leading edge of a slight terrace, now surrounded by a large housing development. The grass-covered barrow is circular on plan and measures about 11m in diameter and up to 1m 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 of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface.
The scheduled area 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.