
What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Pen Yr Ole Wen: Shelter & Cairn as Marker Cairn; Shelter from the Modern period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Marker cairn and rock shelter; likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. It represents a type of early megalithic monument used for ritual or funerary purposes, though its specific significance remains unclear due to limited recorded context.
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Places near here
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Pen Yr Ole WenMountain / peak · 238 yd
Pen yr Ole Wen Summit CairnAncient tomb or cairn · 239 yd
Clogwyn CastellCliff · 677 yd
Carnedd FachMountain / peak · 754 yd
Clogwyn Twll DuCliff · 828 yd
Ffynnon Lloer - a six acre lake fished for wild brown troutHeritage place · 977 yd
Pont Pen-y-Benglog, A5 Holyhead Road, Pen-y-BenglogRoad Bridge · 1517 yd
The Enormous Screes of Yr Ole Wen Tower Above Ogwen's OutfallCastle, fort or tower · 1530 yd
Rhaeadr y BenglogWaterfall · 1550 yd
YHA IdwalWood · 1619 yd
Waterfall on River Idwal, OgwenWaterfall · 1712 ydOther information
Photo: Richard Law · CC BY-SA 2.0