Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Burnt Mound 250m S of Cwm
Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Burnt Mound
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 9 October 1996
- Community
- Llanfihangel Aberbythych
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.85016, -4.01564
- SAM number
- CM289
- Cadw record number
- 3452
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 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. This site lies alongside a stream and hedge in an area of boggy ground in a pasture field. It is oval-shaped measuring c. 12m long and 10m wide and rising to c. 1m high on the downhill side.
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
- Two Burnt Mounds 600m ESE of Rhyd-y-Ffynnon FarmBurnt Moundunder 1 mi
- Barn at Tir Glan CennenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Tir Glan CennenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Derwydd Walled Garden and GazeboDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.