Carnedd y Saeson
Carnedd y Saeson is a burial mound northwest of Foel Dduarth in Abergwyngregyn in Gwynedd in North Wales . Carnedd y Saeson means "burial mound of the Englishman" ( English Cairn of the Englishman ).
The cairn is around 14.0 m in diameter and has a 1.8 × 1.2 m stone box in its center. It is oriented north-south, the capstone is now east of the box. Inside the hill, which is still around 30 cm high, there is a circle of small, thin slabs of slate approx. 10 m in diameter. Another stone circle lies eccentrically within this circle.
There are other burial mounds in the immediate vicinity, the Anafon Valley Cairns about 450 m away .
Web links
- Description by CADW
- Description Engl. and pictures, private website
- Description Engl. and picture on tourism webpage
Individual evidence
- ↑ Grid Reference SH67827174
- ↑ RCAHMW 1956 (Caernarvon. I), 16-17 No.67.i), after http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/400708/details/carnedd-y-saeson-cairn
Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ′ 34.3 " N , 3 ° 58 ′ 52.5" W.