Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cerrig Blaencletwr-Fawr Round Cairn
Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangynfelyn, Ceredigion, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 2 March 2009
- Community
- Llangynfelyn
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.51566, -3.90592
- SAM number
- CD237
- Cadw record number
- 1215
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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)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a stone-built round cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located on top of a local summit, Cerrig Blaencletwr-fawr, a prominent rock outcrop on Esgair Foel-ddu. The cairn is sub-circular in shape on plan and measures c. 11m NE-SW by 9m transversely. It measures c. 0.9m in height. There is a modern shelter measuring 3.5m in diameter and 1m in height set into its centre.
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 burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. The scheduled area is circular in shape on plan and measures 18m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Moel y Llyn Cairn CemeteryCairn Cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Foel Goch Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Ystrad Einion Lead Mine Buildings and Water WheelLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Ffridd Newydd, Stone Circle c.600m NW ofStone Circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.