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Burial Chambers

• Allor Moloch Burial Chamber (Map: 793-747) (Neolithic)
No further info
• Bryn Yr Orsedd Tumuli (Map: 076-812) (Bronze Age)
Two burial mounds
• Capel Garmon Burial Chamber (Map: 818-542) (Neolithic)
Well preserved example of megalithic chambered mound. Beaker pottery uncovered during excavations suggests site was in use during the Bronze Age
• Gop Cairn (Map: 086-800) (Bronze Age)
Largest cairn in Wales on a hill 800 feet above sea level
• Gorseth Tumuli (Map: 149-766) (Bronze Age)
A number of burial mounds
• Rhos Tumuli (Map: 900-640) (Bronze Age)
Group of burial mounds

Caves

• Bontnewydd Cave (Map: 009-712) (Paleolithic)
19th century archeologists uncovered human bones as well as bear and rhinocerous
• Cae Gwyn Cave (Paleolithic)
No further info
• Cefn Yr Ogof Cave (Map: 023-750) (Paleolithic)
Archeologists uncovered human bones as well as bear, hyena, and reindeer
• Ffynnon Beuno Cave (Paleolithic)
No further info
• Gop Cave (Map: 086-800) (Paleolithic)
Archeologists uncovered human bones as well as hyena and reindeer

Dykes

• Offa's Dyke (Map: 083-799) (8th century)
Great earthwork constructed by Offa, Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia, as a boundary between his kingdom and the Welsh tribes
• Wat's Dyke (Map: 233-697) (8th century)
Built prior to Offa's Dyke as a boundary between Mercia and the kingdoms of the Welsh tribes

Hillforts

• Bryn Alun Fort (Map: 331-537) (Iron Age)
The river on the west side provides a natural defence
• Caer Caradog Hillfort (Map: 969-479) (Iron Age)
No further info
• Castell Cawr Hillfort (Map: 936-768) (Iron Age)
No further info
• Dinorben Hillfort (Map: 968-757) (Iron Age)
Perhaps one of the earliest hillforts in Britain - evidence suggests it continued to be inhabited up to the Roman occupation
• Foel Fenlli Hillfort (Map: 163-601) (Iron Age)
Evidence suggests it continued to be inhabited up to the Roman occupation
• Moel Arthur Hillfort (Map: 145-660) (Iron Age)
A hill fort of about five acres similar to a number of hillforts built along the Clwydian range of mountains
• Moel Y Gaer Hillfort (Map: 149-617) (Iron Age)
No further info
• Moel Hiraddug Hillfort (Map: 063-783) (Iron Age)
No further info
• Pen Y Cloddiau Hillfort (Map: 128-676) (Iron Age)
Very large 50 acre enclosure
• Pen Y Corddyn Hillfort (Map: 915-765) (Iron Age)
Large 25 acre enclosure - natural defences made it easier to defend

Standing Stones

• Pen Bedw Stone Circle (Map: 171-679) (Bronze Age)
Five stones now remain of a large circle which had a diameter of 150 feet

Stone Crosses

• Eliseg's Pillar (Map: 202-445) (9th century)
Free standing pillar cross of the round shaft type - erected by the grest grandson of "Eliseg", chieftain of Powys in 850 AD
• Maen Achwyn/Achwyfan Pillar Cross (Map: 129-787) (10th or 11th)
The "Stone of Lamentation" is formed and decorated much like the Northumbrian crosses along the coast of Cumberland and Cheshire

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