Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen Trumau Round Cairns
Talgarth, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Talgarth, Powys, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Talgarth
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.95532, -3.16935
- SAM number
- BR129
- Cadw record number
- 1764
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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 two burial cairns, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairns are located 230m apart on a W-facing slope and are both constructed from loose angular stones. The N cairn is roughly oval, 14m wide by 16m long and 0.9m high, with a possible kerb visible around the E side. The S cairn is circular in plan, 20m in diameter and 1.8m high and has a sheep shelter built into the centre. Both cairns have been disturbed in modern times with walkers cairns and shelters built into the structure of the monuments.
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
- Cwm Fforest Long BarrowChambered long barrowunder 1 mi
- Ty-Isaf Long BarrowChambered long barrowunder 1 mi
- Bwlch Bach a'r Grib round cairnRound Cairn1 mi
- Bwlch Bach a'r Grib, round cairn to SW ofRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.