Gwynedd Archaeological Trust
Regional Historic Environment Record

Moel Goedog II, Ring Cairn

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 1009
Trust : Gwynedd
Community : Harlech
Unitary authority : Gwynedd
NGR : SH61053244
Site Type (preferred type first) : BRONZE AGE CAIRN
Status : Scheduled Monument

Description :
The circle to the east consists of a ring of at least thirty stones, doubled for a short stretch on the N side, with no trace of a mound. <3>

As noted by Greshem, no damage, no change. Visited again during the Ardudwy survey. No change. <4>

To W of Moel Goedog. 50m E of 58 a (i) separated by ancient trackway. Low grassed over stone bank 1m wide enclosing. Space 5.3m in diameter. Ten boulders within bank. Tallest 0.4m high. Large boulder on S side may be natural. <7>

Circle consisting of ring of large sub angular boulders, interior levelled into hillside (Smith 2001).

Diagram of the ring cairn at Moel Goedog (Lynch, 1984).

Sources :
Lynch, F. , 1984 , Moel Goedog Circle I: A Complex Ring Cairn near Harlech
Smith, G. , 2001 , Survey of Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monuments in Wales: Meirionnydd, 2000-2001 ( © GAT)
Smith, G., and Steele, N. , 2005 , Pan-Wales Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Survey: Trial Data Synthesis ( © GAT)
Lhuyd, E. , 1910 , Supplement Pt.2 (Original Manuscript Parochialia 1688) , <1>
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments , 1921 , Merioneth , <2>
Bowen, E. G. & Gresham, C. A. , 1967 , History of Merioneth , <3>
Ordnance Survey , 1979 , SH63SW 3 , <4>
Kelly, R. S. , 1979 , Complex Ring Cairn , <5>
Lynch, F. , 1978 , Archaeology in Wales , <6>
Lynch, F. , 1979 , Ulster Journal of Archaeology , <10>

Events :
41608 : Me 058 Fmw Site Visit (year : 1982)
41609 : Me 058 Fmw Site Visit (year : 1988)
40529 : Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monuments: Meirionnydd (year : 2001)
40527 : Pan-wales Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Survey: Trial Data Synthesis (year : 2005)

Related records
National Monuments Record Wales NPRN 302797 https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/302797/

Compiled date : 27-04-1988


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