Moel Tŷ Uchaf
| Moel Tŷ Uchaf | ||
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| height | 440 m | |
| location | Wales , UK | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 55 '24 " N , 3 ° 24' 20" W | |
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 Stone circle |
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The Moel Tŷ Uchaf ( German for the high bare hill ) is a 440 m high mountain in Gwynedd , in Wales . It is located in Denbighshire east of Llandrillo .
On its summit there is an almost completely preserved prehistoric ring cairn of the same name, made of 41 stones, which has a diameter of about 11 m and a stone box (after A. Burl) in the center. It probably dates from the Bronze Age and was used for ritual purposes. The circle is interrupted in the southeast by the original entrance. A second, shorter interruption in the east was probably caused by the loss of stones.
There is a stone box below Moel Tŷ Uchaf .
See also
literature
- Aubrey Burl, Max Milligan: Circles of Stone. The Prehistoric Rings of Britain & Ireland. The Harvill Press, London 1999, ISBN 1-86046-661-3 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Moel Ty Uchaf - Stone Circle in Wales in Denbighshire (Sir Ddinbych)
- ↑ The difference between a stone circle and a ring cairn is that the ring cairn was built to encircle a stone box that was covered by a (usually no longer existing) cairn, while the stone circle in its original state did not have these fixtures having
- ↑ Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust website (PDF; 1.6 MB)
- ↑ Gwefan CPAT
Web links
- Image and site plan (PDF; 1.6 MB)
- Description Engl. and picture