Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cefn Moel Round 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 Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round 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)
- 51.91022, -3.22341
- SAM number
- BR293
- Cadw record number
- 1030
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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 a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and stands within 1km of the Ffynnon Las Ritual Complex. The cairn measures 8m in diameter and stands to a height of 0.6m. It is turf covered and has been disturbed in the centre. The cairn is conjoined to the east by a semi-circular platform, some 8m in diameter and 0.4m high with a well-defined kerb.
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. It is a rectangle and measures 20m x 10m.
Nearby in the register
- Maes Clythan Wood cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cefn Moel Round BarrowsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cefn Moel Round Cairn IIIRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Ffynnon Las Round Cairn IRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.