Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cairn Circle 400m SW of Lle'r Neuaddau
Blaenrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Blaenrheidol, Ceredigion, recorded as Cairn Circle (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Cairn Circle
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Blaenrheidol
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.44565, -3.83252
- SAM number
- CD042
- Cadw record number
- 1848
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 163 Aberystwyth (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 prehistoric cairn circle, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The feature consists of a circle of 19 earth-fast stones, measuring c. 7m east to west by c. 6.5m. Six of the stones are from 0.6 to 0.9m in length and up to 0.6m in height, but the others average 0.2m in height and are comparatively small boulders. There are socket holes of two missing stones on the north-west and south-east. A rectangular depression on the south-west side is 1.6m by 1.3m in size, and 0.35m deep. It is stone-lined at the south-east and may be the remains of a cist. The complete absence of a mound, or of any loose stone, suggests that the circle was never part of any larger structure.
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. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits, together with structural evidence. Cairn circles 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
- Y Garnedd, HirnantRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Cairn 400m N of Lle'r NeuaddauRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Stone Circle and Round Cairns, HirnantStone Circleunder 1 mi
- Garn Lwyd Round Cairn & Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.