Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Begwns Round Barrow, Mynydd Machen
Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, Caerphilly, Wales
A scheduled monument in Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen, Caerphilly, recorded as Round Cairn (Bronze Age).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Bronze Age
- Date of designation
- 2 December 1935
- Community
- Bedwas, Trethomas and Machen
- Unitary authority
- Caerphilly
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.60356, -3.12221
- SAM number
- MM071
- Cadw record number
- 589
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1906 · 249 Newport (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 102. Newport. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following is a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of an earth and stone-built round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The site is situated on the summit of Mynydd Machen and has a Trig Point on top of it. It is circular in plan, 17m in diameter and 2.5m high with a flat top.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Barrows 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
- House Platforms to W of Mynydd MachenHouse Platformunder 1 mi
- Castell MeredyddCastleunder 1 mi
- Church of St JohnReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- War Memorial within Railed EnclosureCommemorativeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.