Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffos Gau Ring Cairn
Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Pontarfynach, Ceredigion, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 28 September 2001
- Community
- Pontarfynach
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.37704, -3.70697
- SAM number
- CD204
- Cadw record number
- 1369
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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)
- 1898 · 179 Rhyader (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 Monument.
The monument comprises the well-preserved and largely intact remains of a ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The monument is some 4.2m in diameter and 0.4m high and defined by a prominent kerb with five upstanding stones on the west but largely turfed-over at the east.
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 and preserved prehistoric ground surfaces below the monument. Ring 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
- Nant y Gafod Deserted Rural SettlementFarmsteadunder 1 mi
- Nant Diliw Fechan Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- Bryn Diliw Long HutRectangular hutunder 1 mi
- Hafod yr Abad Deserted Rural SettlementGrangeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.