Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Penrhiwllwydog Round Cairn
Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 9 August 2007
- Community
- Llanddewi Brefi
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.15762, -3.84366
- SAM number
- CD240
- Cadw record number
- 961
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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)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (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)
- 1899 · 195 Lampeter (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 round cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located in an upland area of rough grazing on an undulating hilltop with panoramic views. The cairn is circular in shape on plan and measures c. 13m in diameter and a maximum of 0.8m in height. The centre of the mound features a depression, which probably represents an episode of grave robbing or antiquarian investigation. It measures c. 2.5m in diameter and 0.3m in depth. The upcast material has been placed to one side in a small mound. Despite this disturbance, the remainder of the cairn remains intact and well defined.
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 20m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Cyrnau Long HutRectangular hutunder 1 mi
- Nant Gwyddel Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- Llethr Bryn y Gorlan PlatformHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Stone Circle and Associated Structures on Bryn y GorlanStone Circle1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.