CN098

Graianog Standing Stone & Round Cairns  

 

Designated  

Gwynedd  

Clynnog  

245505  

349147  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Standing Stone  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument. The monument comprises the remains of a standing stone and the remains of two cairns which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC).The standing stone is 2.85 m high by 0.85 m wide by 0.6 m thick. It is rectangular in section with flat, smooth sides. The N cairn is 8 m in diameter, built of small stones which remain to a height of 0.5 - 0.6 m. A modern field wall has been built over the SE edge of the cairn, preserving at least three kerb stones in its base. A further three kerb stones are visible, two on the W side and one on the N. The S cairn is larger and more spread, with little indication of its original shape and size. It is now an amorphous mass of stone, 25 m x 8 m by 1.5 m high. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Standing Stones and Cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.