Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
CN383
Name
Yr Eifl, cairn on NW summit of
Date of Designation
28/02/2005
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Gwynedd
Community
Llanaelhaearn
Easting
236103
Northing
345736
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 burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated on the precipitous NW summit of Yr Eifl. The stone-built cairn is roughly circular on plan and measures about 11m in diameter. The base of the cairn is substantially intact and undisturbed and measures up to 1.5m in height. A modern cairn now crowns its summit.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The well-preserved 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 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.