Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen Tir Ring Cairn and Ritual Platform
Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 23 July 2002
- Community
- Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.92411, -3.20714
- SAM number
- BR291
- Cadw record number
- 3889
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (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 dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is visible as a circular bank of turf covered stones some 8.5m in diameter and 0.5m high. The ring cairn is conjoined to the south-west by a roughly semi-circular rubble platform, measuring 4m wide and 0.5m high. The site is marked, and partially overlain, by a modern walkers' cairn some 3m in diameter and 1.2m high.
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. It is circular and measures 16m in diameter, centred on the walkers cairn.
Nearby in the register
- Mynydd Llangorse CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Blaen y Cwm Uchaf Cairn CemeteryRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cefn Moel Round Cairn IIIRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Mynydd Llangorse, cairn on S end ofRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.