Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryn Owen Farm Cairns, Llanfabon
Llanbradach and Pwllypant, Caerphilly, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanbradach and Pwllypant, Caerphilly, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 28 June 1933
- Community
- Llanbradach and Pwllypant
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.60959, -3.23785
- SAM number
- GM051
- Cadw record number
- 922
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (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 four burial cairns probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairns are located on the brow of an east-ward facing hill. The four cairns are somewhat longer than they are round and measure approximately 1.5m high. They are aligned on a north-south alignment consisting of two pairs.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. 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
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- Former Llanbradach Colliery winding engine houseIndustrialunder 1 mi
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- Former Llanbradach Colliery brick reservoirIndustrialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.