Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Burnt Mound 500m ESE of Llwyn Wennol
Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Burnt Mound
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 12 July 1996
- Community
- Llangadog
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.87444, -3.80863
- SAM number
- CM288
- Cadw record number
- 3447
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 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 consists of the remains of a burnt mound, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2,300BC - 800BC). A burnt mound is an accumulation of burnt (fire-crazed) stones, ash and charcoal, usually sited next to a river or lake, with hearths and/or some form of trough or basin capable of holding water either within the mound or adjacent to it. The site is on open moorland immediately to the east of a small stream on a north-facing slope. It is crescentric in shape with the horns facing the stream and measures 12.5m N-S and 10m E-W with a maximum height of 1.2m above its surroundings. When augered it produced burnt stone and charcoal.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric ritual and funerary practices. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structure itself may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and environmental evidence. A burnt mound 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
- Ty BrychDomesticunder 1 mi
- Standing Stone & Round Cairns S of Tyle-PengamStanding Stone1 mi
- Barn at Hirlwyn IsafAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
- Hirlwyn Isaf and outbuildingDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.