Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mynydd Bach-Trecastell Round Cairn
Llywel, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llywel, Powys, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llywel
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.96505, -3.70225
- SAM number
- BR142
- Cadw record number
- 1774
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 213 Brecon (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 circular in plan, 8m in diameter and 1.2m high and is turf-covered. There is a slight hollow in the centre of the cairn, the result of a past disturbance, possibly an early 19th century excavation. The cairn lies 120m WSW of Mynydd Bach Trecastle Stone circles (BR069).
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
- Mynydd Bach-Trecastell Stone CirclesStone Circleunder 1 mi
- Y PigwynMarching Campunder 1 mi
- Roman Earthwork 540m W of Y PigwnFortunder 1 mi
- Cwm Henwen round barrowRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.