Creigiau Eglwyseg, Mound I

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NPRN307067
Map ReferenceSJ24SW
Grid ReferenceSJ2221044950
Unitary (Local) AuthorityDenbighshire
Old CountyDenbighshire
CommunityLlantysilio
Type Of SiteCAIRN
PeriodBronze Age
Description
A round cairn, 20m in diameter and 1.7m high, centrally disturbed which, when opened c.1879, produced an urn and cremation.
(source Os495card; SJ24SW2)
J.Wiles 18.11.02

A large grass covered cairn 20m diameter and 1.7m high. Disturbed at the centre. Dug into in 1879 when an urn and cremation were found.
Urn and cremation found in a tumulus on Eglwyseg rocks - in circular chamber about 7ft deep, 2ft 6in wide.
Based on CPAT SMR account. No further comments as result of OAN fieldwork, 2002. (D. Thomas, RCAHMW, 23.09.2003)