Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Garreg Las Round Cairns
Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Crucorney, Monmouthshire, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 31 July 2002
- Community
- Crucorney
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.92424, -3.00763
- SAM number
- MM302
- Cadw record number
- 1335
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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)
- 1856 · 42. Brecon. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 214 Talgarth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 two burial cairns, dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000-1500 BC). Both monuments are made up of turf-covered heaps of boulders. Cairn I is oval and measures some 10m by 8m and stands 0.5m high. Cairn II is round and measures 8m in diameter and 0.5m high. They are closely associated with the Garreg Las hengiform monument and cross-dyke.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Hatterrall Hill EnclosureEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Hatterrall Hill Cross Ridge DykeLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Rhiw Arw cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Barn at Ty-Hwnt-y-Bwlch FarmAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.