BR274

Crugian Bach stone circle  

13/09/1999  

Designated  

Powys  

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293151  

262407  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Stone Circle  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument. The monument comprises the remains of a fine stone circle, situated on a gently rounded plateau and wholly overlooked around the SW arc by the encompassing uniform flank of Y Gamriw. The stone circle contains about 18 small upright stones and measures about 22m in diameter. The site is theatrically positioned within an impressive and imposing upland landscape. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The stone circle 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 and ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence. The importance of the monument is further enhanced by the topographical association of the cairn with the many Bronze Age cairns and cemeteries that can be found within the surrounding area. The area covered by the original designation did not relate accurately to the remains on the ground and the scheduled area has been revised in order to rectify the original designation. It comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 40m in diameter.