Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
PE343
Name
Cnwc Round Cairns
Date of Designation
16/03/1960
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Maenclochog
Easting
208664
Northing
230370
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 two burial cairns that probably date to the Bronze Age (c.2300 – 800 BC). The northern cairn measures c 28m in diameter and is 1.8m high. The southern cairn which measures c 25m in diameter and is 0.2m high has signs of an external ditch.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The well-preserved 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 and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface. .
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.