Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Castell y Garn
Abbey Cwmhir, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Abbey Cwmhir
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.35146, -3.44206
- SAM number
- RD114
- Cadw record number
- 735
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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairn occupies the highest point of Garn, at the junction of three fences. It consists of an unbroken ring c.1.2m wide and up to c.0.3m high, with an internal diameter of c.14m. It was reported in 1858 has having a ‘stone chest’ with human bones, but no cist is now in evidence. The site has suffered over the years both from robbing and from dumping of clearance stone.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Field barn at Gors FarmNo class recorded1 mi
- The Mount Round Barrow near Maes-y-GwaelodRound Barrow1 mi
- Lower Cwm DuNo class recorded1 mi
- Beili-Bedw EarthworksDeserted Rural Settlement1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.