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Latitude: 53.1732 / 53°10'23"N
Longitude: -4.1105 / 4°6'37"W
OS Eastings: 259032
OS Northings: 366091
OS Grid: SH590660
Mapcode National: GBR 5Q.43Z5
Mapcode Global: WH54F.THSP
Entry Name: Moel y Ci cairn
Scheduled Date: 7 September 2004
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4094
Cadw Legacy ID: CN374
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Gwynedd
Community: Llanddeiniolen
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within enclosed moorland on the leading edge of the NW-facing side of the summit of Moel y Ci. The stone built cairn is circular on plan and measures about 14m in diameter and up to 0.9m in height. The cairn commands fine views. A concrete triangulation pillar has been erected on its summit. On the NW side a modern shelter c.1m high and 4m wide has been constructed using stone moved from the cairn.
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 22m in diameter.
Source: Cadw
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