Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tumulus N of Goodwins Row, Efailwen
Cilymaenllwyd, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 February 1990
- Community
- Cilymaenllwyd
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.90374, -4.70538
- SAM number
- CM246
- Cadw record number
- 2175
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 a ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC), and is a substantial mound, c 50m in diameter and 2.5m high. It appears to be of two phases, the earliest being a lower platform which has a marked inner bank at most parts of its circumference. This has a shallowly shelving interior on which stands an annular bank of c 17m diameter with a dished centre of c 5m diameter.
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.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Earthwork 125m South West of Meini GwyrRing Cairnunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow SE of Goodwins Row, EfailwenRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Old house and attached stable at MaengwynNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Yr AllorStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.