Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Four Round Cairns on Mynydd-y-Glog
Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
A scheduled monument in Hirwaun, Rhondda Cynon Taff, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 29 September 1999
- Community
- Hirwaun
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.76991, -3.48974
- SAM number
- GM522
- Cadw record number
- 863
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 231 Merthyr Tydfil (Outline) (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 four burial cairns, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairns vary in diameter between 7m to 16m. All have been constructed from large quantities of loose stones and are situated close to the summit of Mynydd-y-Glog. They can be seen from long distances away in many directions.
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
- Round Cairn North of Mynydd-y-GlogRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Two Round Cairns on the Summit of Mynydd-y-GlogRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Pant Sychbant Medieval HamletDeserted Rural Settlementunder 1 mi
- Three Round Cairns on the Southern Side of Mynydd-y-GlogRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.