Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tair Carn Isaf Cairns
Cwmamman, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 6 November 1992
- Community
- Cwmamman
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.83423, -3.91346
- SAM number
- CM256
- Cadw record number
- 654
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 1860 "41. Caermathen." (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 four much disturbed grit stone rubble cairns which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and which are situated towards the south west end of the hogback summit of Tair Carn Isaf. The easternmost cairn measures c 12m in diameter and is up to 1.2m high. The second cairn and best preserved cairn lies 65m to the south west and measures c 15m in diameter and is 1.8m high. A further115m to the south west the third cairn measures 20m in diameter and is 2.2m high. The easternmost cairn is approximately 300m to the east of the others and measures c 9m in diameter and is 1.0m high.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain 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 cairns importance is enhanced by their group value and for their comparison with the very well-preserved cairns on Tair Carn Uchaf, 1km to the North East.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Tair Carn Uchaf CairnsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Garreg Las Hut GroupEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Banc Crucorford round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Beddau'r DerwyddonPillow Moundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.