Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cooking Mound East of Taff Terrace
Radyr and Morganstown, Cardiff, Wales
A scheduled monument in Radyr and Morganstown, Cardiff, recorded as Burnt Mound (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Burnt Mound
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 1 March 1983
- Community
- Radyr and Morganstown
- Unitary authority
- Cardiff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.51260, -3.24885
- SAM number
- GM427
- Cadw record number
- 221
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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)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (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 consists of the remains of a burnt mound, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2,300BC - 800BC). A burnt mound is an accumulation of burnt (fire-crazed) stones, ash and charcoal, usually sited next to a river or lake, with hearths and/or some form of trough or basin capable of holding water either within the mound or adjacent to it. It is located in an area of marshy ground at the foot of a steep eastern facing slope near the confluence of two streams. The mound is flat and oval in shape, measuring 20m in diameter and a maximum of 1.9m in height on the south side. Excavation has shown it to be comprised of burnt stones, broken pot boilers, charcoal and black earth. Finds included a flint flake and sherds of a pottery jar of the late pre-Roman Iron Age. Traces of the old excavation are still visible on the surface of the mound.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric social practices and settlement organisation. The site is well preserved and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, layout, building techniques and functional detail. Paleoenvironmental evidence may also survive.
The area to be scheduled comprises the remains described and the area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Church of Christ ChurchReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- War MemorialCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Barn, cartshed and loft at Radyr FarmAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- The ThatchDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.