Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Carneddau Round Cairn
Llanelwedd, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanelwedd, Powys, recorded as Round Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llanelwedd
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.17697, -3.36695
- SAM number
- RD122
- Cadw record number
- 2605
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 196 Builth (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 a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The site occupies a commanding position with panoramic views. The cairn is c.19m in diameter and c.0.8m high; its upper levels have been disturbed by the construction of a later stone shelter and marker cairn, though its core remains intact.
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
- Carneddau round cairnsRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Bwlch y TrawspenNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Carneddau, standing stone to SSW ofStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Cwm Berwyn CampHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.