Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cairn Groups on Garn Fawr
Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Cynwyl Gaeo, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Cynwyl Gaeo
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.11351, -3.86611
- SAM number
- CM224
- Cadw record number
- 2818
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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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of groups of well preserved ring cairns of earth and stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC), situated on moorland surrounded by but unaffected by recent forestation.
Cm224A: A ring-cairn whose internal diameter is 15m, with stony banks 2-3m wide and 0.5m high.
Cm244C: Are the remains of two cairns occupying a commanding position, the northern, and larger has a diameter of 19.0m and has a maximum height of 1.5m above the surrounding terrain.
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. Ring cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
[Cm224B]: The monument comprises the remains of a standing stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and is situated c. 25m west southwest of the ring cairn Cm 224A. It is an oblong block 0.55m in height with an east-west axis, tapering slightly towards the top, and with its maximum circumference about halfway up, due to a bulge on the northern side, measuring 0.4m long and 0.25m wide at the base.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. It 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 intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Standing stones are often part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can 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
- Carn Nant-yr-ast round cairnRound Cairn1 mi
- Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-WyntRing Cairn1 mi
- Crugiau Merched CairnsRound Cairn1 mi
- Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlement2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.