Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carn Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent Round Cairn
Aberdare West, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
A scheduled monument in Aberdare West, Rhondda Cynon Taff, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 13 June 1979
- Community
- Aberdare West
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.73794, -3.41925
- SAM number
- GM402
- Cadw record number
- 2291
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (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 two burial cairns, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC).
Cairn A - located on eastern end of ridge on open moorland. Measuring 6m in diameter by 0.6m high on east end. Old excavation hole in the centre and traces of a stone kerb.
Cairn B - located on the edge of the moorland plateau. Measuring c. 0.5m high with an underterminable diameter. It consists of a scatter of boulders with some kerb stones showing.
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
- Hut Circles & Enclosures on Buarth MaenUnenclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Ring Cairn South of Twyn BlaennantRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Cwmdu Air Shaft & FanAir Shaftunder 1 mi
- NW Ventilation shaft to Morlais TunnelTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.