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Croes y Forwyn cairns

A Scheduled Monument in Llanwddyn, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.7722 / 52°46'19"N

Longitude: -3.4429 / 3°26'34"W

OS Eastings: 302751

OS Northings: 320372

OS Grid: SJ027203

Mapcode National: GBR 6L.YJ4K

Mapcode Global: WH78Z.2LS4

Entry Name: Croes y Forwyn cairns

Scheduled Date: 20 March 2001

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1686

Cadw Legacy ID: MG262

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Round cairn

Period: Prehistoric

County: Powys

Community: Llanwddyn

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Description

The monument comprises a group of burial cairns, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within rough grazing on the W-facing slopes to the E of the S end of Lake Vyrnwy. There are three burial cairns on the ridge. The cairns are described individually in turn from N to S and have been inventoried as Croes y Forwyn cairns A - C. The cairns are largely circular on plan and measure between 6.5m and 8.5m in diameter and up to 0.6m 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.

The scheduled areas comprise the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. Area A (SJ 0266 2067) is circular and measures 18m in diameter. Area B (SJ 0284 2053) is circular and measures 15m in diameter. Area C (SJ 0272 1984) is circular and measures 18m in diameter.

Source: Cadw

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