BR364

Garn Wen round cairn  

12/09/2007  

Designated  

Powys  

Llanwrtyd Wells  

284513  

245975  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Round Cairn  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument. The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in open moorland on the summit of Garn Wen, a hill on the SE side of Mynydd Trawsnant. The stone-built cairn is circular on plan and measures about 16m in diameter and up to 1.5m in height (on its SW side). Although it has been disturbed in the past - a large shelter has been created within its summit and a well preserved stone built triangulation pillar erected within - the majority of the base of the cairn appears to remain 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 structural evidence and intact burial or ritual deposits. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 35m in diameter.