Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cairnfield on Mynydd Eglwysilan
Nelson, Caerphilly, Wales
A scheduled monument in Nelson, Caerphilly, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Nelson
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.62234, -3.27920
- SAM number
- GM352
- Cadw record number
- 2901
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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 of several prehistoric round cairns, burial mounds probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC). It is situated on open moorland on the top of the Mynydd Eglwysilan ridge. The cairnfield consists of approximately ten small turf covered cairns measuring about 2-3m in diameter by c. 0.3m high.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are important relics of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence. Cairnfields 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
- Prehistoric Rock Art on Mynydd Eglwysilan CommonCup Marked Stoneunder 1 mi
- Carneddi LlwydionRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Parc Mawr, with attached stable and barnNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Senghenydd War MemorialNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.