Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carn Bwlch y Cloddiau, Esgair Wen
Llangurig, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llangurig
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.39418, -3.68590
- SAM number
- MG087
- Cadw record number
- 2991
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 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the scheduled monument.
The monument comprises the remains a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairn comprises a small circle of stones with a trig point in the centre. The stones of the cairn have been used to build a shelter around this. Another shelter has been built on the northern side, and measures approx. 12.5m N-S, and 0.5m-0.75m high.
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
- Carn Fach, Esgair WenRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Bryn Diliw Long HutRectangular hut1 mi
- Nant Diliw Fechan Deserted Rural SettlementDeserted Rural Settlement1 mi
- Cistfaen cairnsRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.