Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Two Cairns on Mynydd Bach
Lledrod, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Lledrod, Ceredigion, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Lledrod
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.28979, -4.02829
- SAM number
- CD057
- Cadw record number
- 1864
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1830 map "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 178 Llanilar (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (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 two burial cairns, c.180m apart on the summit of Mynydd Bach. They probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC).
The northernmost cairn is c.19m in diameter by c.1m high. It is much denuded and with no clear features visible, though there are hints of a cist towards the north of the centre.
The southernmost cairn is c.18m in diameter and c.1.6m high, somewhat disturbed by shelter construction. On the north-east are traces of a kerb or ring of standing stones. They stand c.1.2m apart and now project 0.3m from the surface of the rubble and 0.9m from the old ground level. c.3.5m from the north margin is a small cist c.0.9m by 0.7m by c.0.5m deep. A middle Bronze Age cremation burial was found in this cist in c.1936.
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
- Hafod Ithel Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- Hafod Ithel Cairn CemeteryCairnfieldunder 1 mi
- BlaenbeidiogDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cottage some 250m ESE of Pentre MynyddDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.