Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Crug yr Afan Round Cairn
Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
A scheduled monument in Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taff, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Treorchy
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.64742, -3.56177
- SAM number
- GM233
- Cadw record number
- 2882
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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)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1907 · 248 Pontypridd (Hills) (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 burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is situated on open moorland on top of the ridge. The cairn is turf covered and measures 21m in diameter by 3m in height. It has a flat top and on the north side is a disturbance hollow measuring c. 3m by 1.5m deep which is filled with stones, a concrete boulder and an iron pipe. On the south side of this hollow part of the interior, the mound is exposed showing a packing of stones. The cairn was excavated in 1902 and a cist was found in the sub-soil beneath the mound.
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
- Bwlch yr Avan DykeDykeunder 1 mi
- Earthwork 360m NNE of Crug yr AvanEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow on the WerfaRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Carn y Hyrddod & Neighbouring CairnRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.