Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau
Blaenrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Blaenrheidol
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.45158, -3.82743
- SAM number
- CD043
- Cadw record number
- 1846
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 burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). This site lies on the crest of a slope falling to the west. It is 7m in diameter, c. 30m in circumference and appears somewhat disturbed. Two stones of a possible cist, aligned north-south, are visible in the centre, c.0.3m high.
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 be 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
- Cairn Circle 400m SW of Lle'r NeuaddauCairn Circleunder 1 mi
- Y Garnedd, HirnantRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow 290m SSW of Nant-y-MochRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Stone Circle and Round Cairns, HirnantStone Circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.