Gop Cairn by Auto Locksmith
Gop Hill Cairn
Gop Cairn is the largest Prehistoric mound in Wales and second only to Silbury Hill, Wiltshire in Britain. An enormous limestone cairn on the summit of a prominent limestone ridge above Trelawnyd, Gop Hill summit looks out over Prestatyn, Rhyl, Llandudno, The Great Orme and the mountains of Snowdonia.
Gop Cairn is around 12m in height above the level of the ridge to the East but around 15m higher than the ground to the South and West, even more so with regard to the slopes on its northern side. The length of the cairn on the long-side is around 25 metres by 15 metres. The top of the mound is depressed towards the centre due to excavations undertaken for Boyd-Dawkins, a professor in the 1880s. Boyd-Dawkins’ excavations established that the core of the cairn was of massive limestone blocks and recovered a number of flint artefacts but no burials.
On the slopes to the South is Gop Cave from which Boyd-Dawkins excavated several presumed Neolithic burials from stone chambers with in the cave.
Created: 31 May 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Gop Hill Cairn
Gop Hill Cairn LiDAR Map
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Local History around Gop Hill Cairn
There are some historic monuments around including:
Crown Wood Round Barrow Coed Bron-Fawr Round Barrow St Elmo's Summer House Round Barrows Round Barrow 400m SE of Tai Marian Round Barrow at Coed Bell, Gronant Pen-y-graig round barrow Barrow on E Slope of Gop Hill Round Barrow on Coed Yr Esgob Berthen-Gam Round Barrow Hen-dy round barrow Bryn Digrif Round Barrows Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn Round Barrow 270m E of Axton Baptist Chapel Round Barrow 450m South West of Glol Farm Siamber-Wen Medieval House Ffynnon Beuno CaveCoed-y-bryn round barrow Round Barrows North West of Axton Baptist Chapel Two Round Barrows on Moel Maen Efa Cae Gwyn CavePennant Mines Winding Engine House & Chimney, RhualltCoed Glyn-Bach Round Barrow Prestatyn Roman SitePant Ifan Round Barrow Prestatyn Castle Gop Cairn Criafol Round Barrow Coed Shepherd Round Barrow Round Barrow 800m NE of Criafol Farm Clive Engine House, Meliden Offa's Dyke: Section North of Crown Inn The Gop Caves Round Barrow 225m E of Minffordd Cottage Tynewdd round barrow Brynbella Mound, and sections of Offas Dyke adjoining it. Tyn-y-caeau round barrow Pont Dafydd (old) Round Barrow 225m E of Village Round Barrow West of Ty Draw Trelawnyd Churchyard Cross Round Barrow 350m SW of Glol Farm Three Round Barrows in Cwm Wood Offa's Dyke: Section North West of Tre Abbot-Fawr Dyserth Castle Glol Camp Bryn yr Odyn Round Barrow Moel Hiraddug Hillfort Criccin Cross Barrows 378m E of Berthen-Gam School Offa's Dyke: Tan-y-Graig Section Offa's Dyke: Section E of Trelawnyd Maen Achwyfan Round Barrow 153m NW of Plas yn Rhos .
