Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
RD239
Name
Gilwern Hill round cairn
Date of Designation
08/03/2006
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Glascwm
Easting
309303
Northing
258707
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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in enclosed pasture on a knoll on the leading edge of the SW end of a locally prominent SE-facing ridge on Gilwern Hill. The cairn is circular on plan and measures about 13.5m in diameter and between up to 0.6m in height.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It 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. It is circular and measures 16m in diameter.