RD167

Pawl Hir Ring Cairn  

11/08/1999  

Designated  

Powys  

Penybont  

310109  

259559  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Ring Cairn  

Prehistoric  

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.