Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cefn Clawdd Cairn
Erwood, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 November 1993
- Community
- Erwood
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.05477, -3.41297
- SAM number
- BR204
- Cadw record number
- 1813
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 round cairn, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) which is situated on a small hillock on the western part of Cefn Clawdd, 420m above sea level. This low round cairn is 12m in diameter and up to 0.6m in height with a significant amount of stone evident on its surface.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial 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
- Cornelau Uchaf EnclosureEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Twyn y Post CairnsPlatform Cairnunder 1 mi
- Gwaun Ymryson Round CairnCairnunder 1 mi
- Cefn Clawdd Cairn (East)Round Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.