Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bailey Bach Round Cairn and Cist
Merthyr Cynog, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Merthyr Cynog, Powys, recorded as Cist burial (Bronze Age).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cist burial
- Period
- Bronze Age
- Date of designation
- 21 April 1994
- Community
- Merthyr Cynog
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.04333, -3.41508
- SAM number
- BR207
- Cadw record number
- 1815
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (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 stone cist surrounded by a round cairn, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The monument is situated on the end of a ridge within an area of upland open moorland. The monument comprises an amorphous mound, that may be partly natural in origin, measuring 42m E/W by 14m N/S. The cist consists of two upright slabs on top of which is an enormous capstone, measuring 2.65m in length, 1.35m wide and up to 0.4m thick. The N edge of the capstone rests on the ground, while the S end is supported by the two uprights, creating a small cist or chamber measuring 1.5m by 1m.
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
- Cornelau Uchaf EnclosureEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Cefn Clawdd CairnCairnunder 1 mi
- BailybrithDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gaer FawrHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.