Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ring Cairn 540m SW of Llyn y Tarw
Caersws, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Caersws, Powys, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 16 August 1977
- Community
- Caersws
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.56185, -3.45638
- SAM number
- MG180
- Cadw record number
- 3007
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 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 164 Llanidloes (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 a ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC), which is 540m southwest of Llyn Tarw and measures 19m along its north south axis and has a width of 18m. The ring is defined by a bank that varies between 0.3m and 0.6m in height and has a maximum width of 2.5m. The bank is composed of stones, some of which are quite large; there is no sign of an external ditch.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Ring 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
- Carreg Hir Standing StoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Llyn y Tarw CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Bryn Du hut circleHut Circle Settlementunder 1 mi
- Craig y Llyn Mawr platform cairn and standing stonePlatform Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.