Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Three Round Cairns on Carn Caca
Clyne and Melincourt, Neath Port Talbot, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Kerb Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Clyne and Melincourt
- Unitary authority
- Neath Port Talbot
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.69314, -3.70423
- SAM number
- GM385
- Cadw record number
- 2904
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 comprises the remains of three burial cairns, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). They are situated on the edge of an escarpment with commanding views to the north-west.
Cairn A - A small cairn circle of stone slabs enclosing a slightly oval area measuring c. 12m by 11m. A small hollow in the interior may mark the site of an attempt at excavation. The area inside the ring is flat.
Cairn B - This cairn is grass covered and measures 9m in diameter by c. 0.5m high. The side slabs of a robbed cist are visible in the centre.
Cairn C - This cairn is grass covered and measures 4m in diameter by 0.3m high. A single slab is visible half buried near the western edge.
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
- Melincwrt Independent ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Remains of Blast Furnace at Melin CourtBlast Furnaceunder 1 mi
- Llwyn-coedwr FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Roman Marching Camp South West of Melin Court BrookMarching Campunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.