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Gogarth Bay round cairn

A Scheduled Monument in Trearddur, Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.3116 / 53°18'41"N

Longitude: -4.6821 / 4°40'55"W

OS Eastings: 221410

OS Northings: 382759

OS Grid: SH214827

Mapcode National: GBR GMTY.G1L

Mapcode Global: WH31B.11P3

Entry Name: Gogarth Bay round cairn

Scheduled Date: 29 July 2005

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 4173

Cadw Legacy ID: AN147

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Round cairn

Period: Prehistoric

County: Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)

Community: Trearddur

Traditional County: Anglesey

Description

The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and dramatically situated on the summit of a locally prominent ridge overlooking the cliffs of Gogarth Bay. The stone-built cairn is roughly circular on plan and measures about 15m in diameter. The cairn has been built over the ridge, lending it an impression of greater size: the cairn measures about 0.7m in height on the summit of the ridge, but about 2m in height at its base on the slopes.

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.

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 28m in diameter.

Source: Cadw

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