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Latitude: 53.2483 / 53°14'53"N
Longitude: -3.942 / 3°56'31"W
OS Eastings: 270521
OS Northings: 374126
OS Grid: SH705741
Mapcode National: GBR 0ZXW.C8
Mapcode Global: WH544.FM34
Entry Name: Waun Llanfair barrow
Scheduled Date: 10 May 2004
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4068
Cadw Legacy ID: CN351
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round barrow
Period: Prehistoric
County: Conwy
Community: Llanfairfechan
Traditional County: Caernarfonshire
The monument comprises the remains of a fine round barrow, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within well-drained open moorland on the summit of a prominent rounded ridge at the NW-facing edge of Waun Llanfair. The grass-covered barrow is circular on plan and measures about 7m in diameter and up to 0.6m in height; a turf-halo surrounds the barrow, visible as a shallow ditch up to 1.5m in width. The site boasts excellent views of the Lavan Sands and Conwy Bay.
The monument is of national importance as an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including traces of a buried prehistoric land surface underneath.
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 17m in diameter.
Source: Cadw
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