Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffridd yr Ystrad Cairns
Llanbrynmair, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanbrynmair, Powys, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 17 January 2001
- Community
- Llanbrynmair
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.57823, -3.59757
- SAM number
- MG265
- Cadw record number
- 817
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (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 three burial cairns, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairns vary between 6-8m in diameter and average 0.4m in height. The westernmost cairn is notable for the presence of a central burial cist measuring 0.9m x 0.6m, its sides lined by stone slabs. By contrast, the most southerly cairn is undisturbed and the central cairn is accompanied by a small standing stone.
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 three circles, all with a diameter of 20m.
Nearby in the register
- Lled Croen-yr-Ych Stone CircleStone Circle1 mi
- Ceffig Caerau Stone CircleStone Circle1 mi
- Yr Allor CairnRing Cairn2 mi
- DiosgDomestic2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.