Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ring Cairn on Esgair Ceiliog
Llanwrthwl, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 26 September 1994
- Community
- Llanwrthwl
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.23285, -3.61547
- SAM number
- BR208
- Cadw record number
- 1816
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 ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC), located in a large area of upland grassland which slopes gently from south to north; it is 13m in diameter, with an outer bank 2.5m broad of small boulders which is partially grassed over and has a maximum height of 0.5m. At its centre lies a stony irregular heap with slight evidence for a ditch running around the outside of the monument.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Ring 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
- Two Ring Cairns near Esgair HafodRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Llannerch-y-CawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Nant-y-Car South Lead MineLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Dalrhiw Lead MineLead Mineunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.