1. Cropmark features some 350m north-north-east of Croes Faen (NPRN 302713) comprise up to five square barrows. Comparison can be made with funerary structures at Gogerddan (Nprn310262), whilst the irregular alignment of this group can be compared with apparently similar features at Ffynnon (Nprn308907) and also those at Druid, Corwen (NPRN 404711). These are thought to represent square ditched barrows, enclosures or structures, and are generally thought to be early medieval.

The largest is described as a sharp-angled enclosure set on an area of slightly higher ground, the second being a smaller rectangular barrow with a broad ditch, with another alongside it, set at the south-eastern limits of the group alongside the modern road. A third small barrow lies inbetween the largest barrow and the smaller pair. Images from 21st July 2006 under parchmark conditions additionally show further ditches, marks and a possible spread of unenclosed inhumations.

Sources include:
Crew & Musson 1996 'Snowdonia from the Air', 34

RCAHMW, 31 January 2012.

2. The cemetery was overflown under drought conditions on 4th July 2018, when a good record of the plough levelled archaeology was made (see images AP_2018_2641-2645). Four larger ditched square barrows are evident with central grave pits, with at least one other smaller square barrow with a central grave pit close by. There are also many tens of smaller elongated rectangular pits similar to graves in the intervening ground, including a north-west to south-east line of such pits. These indicate a wider zone of burial. Worthy of detailed survey and scheduling.

Updated by Toby Driver, RCAHMW, Nov 2024