Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ring Cairn on Garn Lwyd
Llanwrthwl, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanwrthwl, Powys, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 6 October 1994
- Community
- Llanwrthwl
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.24400, -3.58398
- SAM number
- BR214
- Cadw record number
- 1821
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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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (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 ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC), and is defined by a circular bank of boulders 16.6m in diameter with a gently sloping grass covered interior. The bank of stones is 3.6m wide and 0.6m high at its maximum dimensions. It is fairly conspicuous but isolated in an otherwise featureless hillside where lies in unenclosed moorland, in part of the Elan Valley.
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
- Hafotau Settlement on Esgair Gwar-y-CaeRectangular hut settlementunder 1 mi
- Nant y Postau round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Gro Hill round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Round Cairn to NW of Gro HillRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.