NPRN406345
Cyfeirnod MapSH56NE
Cyfeirnod GridSH5650067070
Awdurdod Unedol (Lleol)Gwynedd
Hen SirSir Gaernarfon
CymunedPentir
Math O SafleMAEN HIR
CyfnodÔl-Ganoloesol, Yr Oes Efydd
DisgrifiadThe farm of Ty'n-Llwyn is surrounded by a rough circle or oval setting of 6 standing stones and two mounds. The setting encloses a considerable area of approximately 750m diameter. The discovery of an interrupted ditch enclosure or plough-levelled barrow (NPRN 403377) during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance in 2005, with a (then unrecorded) standing stone on its summit, gave context to the stone; it seemed as likely to be a prehistoric ritual monument as a modern boundary stone.
A prehistoric date for the remaining stones in this 'setting' would be highly unusual given its size. However, their ascription to being modern boundary stones does not explain the occurrence of a mound and a complex barrow within the setting.
THE TY'N LLWYN STONES AND MOUNDS - summary
Stone - NPRN 406340 - PRN 39
Stone - NPRN 406341 - PRN 40
Stone - NPRN 406342 - PRN 41
Stone - NPRN 406344 - PRN 37
Stone - NPRN 406345 - No PRN
Mound - NPRN 406343 - PRN 791
Mound/Complex barrow - NPRN 403377
Stone surmounting mound/complex barrow - NPRN 403376
T. Driver, 26 June 2007.