Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mynydd Llangorse Cairn
Llangors, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangors, Powys, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llangors
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.92739, -3.21473
- SAM number
- BR059
- Cadw record number
- 1729
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is near oval in shape and measures 7.6m by 6m and about 2.1m high. The cairn is situated about 400m above sea level, on a narrow neck between Cwm Sorgwm and Cwm Du, and forms a turning point on the parish boundary. It is a significant landmark in the landscape.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pen Tir Ring Cairn and Ritual PlatformRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Mynydd Llangorse, cairn on S end ofRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Blaen y Cwm Uchaf Cairn CemeteryRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Enclosure West of SorgwmEnclosure - Defensiveunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.