Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pawl Hir Ring Cairn
Penybont, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Penybont, Powys, recorded as Ring Cairn (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 11 August 1999
- Community
- Penybont
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.22687, -3.31748
- SAM number
- RD167
- Cadw record number
- 1602
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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)
- 1898 · 197 Hay (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 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 stands in a prominent location on an exposed eminence forming part of an upland ridge way. The cairn survives today as a clearly defined stony bank averaging 0.3m in height, although some of the individual inner revetment stones stand to greater heights. The cairn is slightly ovoid in shape and measures 10m x 11.7m externally. The interior although obscured by the presence of small stones, has an internal diameter of c. 7.5m. There is no visible evidence that the cairn has been disturbed or robbed.
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 circle measuring 17m in diameter, centred on the cairn.
Nearby in the register
- Gilwern Hill, round cairn on NE ofRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Ffrwd standing stoneStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Gilwern Hill round cairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Gelli Hill Stone CircleStone Circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.