Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Boncyn y Llwyn round cairn
Banwy, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 7 June 2001
- Community
- Banwy
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.68534, -3.51979
- SAM number
- MG268
- Cadw record number
- 4377
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 measuring 10m in diameter by 0.4m 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. It is a square measuring 30m x 30m.
Nearby in the register
- Maes Llymystyn CampEnclosureunder 1 mi
- East Range of Farmyard Buildings at MaesllymystynNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- South Range of Farmyard Buildings at MaesllymystynNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- North Range of Farmyard Buildings at MaesllymystynNo class recordedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.