Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryn yr Aran Ring Cairn and Ritual Platform
Carno, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 27 December 2001
- Community
- Carno
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.54945, -3.57609
- SAM number
- MG304
- Cadw record number
- 933
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 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) and measure 10m x 5m x 0.2m high. Excavations have revealed the cairn was built in two phases, with a ritual platform having been added to the cairn at a later date.
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. It is a rectangle and measures 15m x 10m.
Nearby in the register
- Bryn yr Aran Stone SettingStone Settingunder 1 mi
- Esgair Draenllwyn Stone SettingStone Settingunder 1 mi
- Esgair Draenllwyn Round Cairn IIRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Blaen y Cwm Round CairnsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.