Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
PE544
Name
Carn Briw Round Cairn
Date of Designation
04/02/2009
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Newport
Easting
205638
Northing
237070
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Round Cairn
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a large round cairn, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located on the summit of Carningli Common. The stone-built cairn is circular in shape on plan and measures 18m in diameter and 2.2m in height. The upper cairn fabric has been re-fashioned into three walkers' shelters and is surmounted by a modern walkers' cairn. The N side of the cairn has been denuded at its perimeter leaving a prominent outer lip, but the central cairn mass does not appear to have been disturbed.
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 structural evidence and intact burial or ritual deposits.
The area proposed for scheduling comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 30m in diameter.