Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carneddau Round Cairns, Drosgol
Blaenrheidol, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 5 February 2008
- Community
- Blaenrheidol
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.47446, -3.82788
- SAM number
- CD252
- Cadw record number
- 1229
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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a pair of stone-built round cairns, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). They are located on top of Drosgol, a prominent summit overlooking the Nant-y-Moch reservoir to the S. Both cairns are sub-circular in shape on plan. The W cairn (Item 'A') measures c. 14m in diameter and a maximum of 0.8m in height. A modern shelter measuring 5.5m in diameter and 1.4m in height has been built on the SW edge. Item 'B' is located 10m to the E. It measures 9m in diameter and 0.5m in height. A modern walkers' cairn measuring 3m in diameter and 1.3m in height has been constructed on the S side. Some of the cairn fabric has spread downslope to the N.
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. The importance of the monument is further enhanced by the cairns' group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. The scheduled area is rectangular in shape on plan and measures 70m E-W by 35m transversely.
Nearby in the register
- Round Barrow 290m SSW of Nant-y-MochRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Nant y Baracs Deserted Rural SettlementLonghouseunder 1 mi
- Craig y Dullfan ring cairnRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cairn 400m N of Lle'r NeuaddauRound Cairn2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.