Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Afon Disgynfa Cairn
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 11 April 2001
- Community
- Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.85687, -3.38202
- SAM number
- MG264
- Cadw record number
- 3845
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and measures 15m in diameter and surviving to over 1m in height. The cairn is composed of medium to large sized stones and although it has a hollowed interior remains primarily intact.
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. It is circular and measures 25m in diameter, centred on the cairn.
Nearby in the register
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- Rhos-y-Beddau Stone Circle, Avenue and CairnStone Circleunder 1 mi
- Craig-y-Mwyn Lead MineLead Mineunder 1 mi
- Cwm Rhiwiau Stone CircleStone Circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.