BR135

Cader Fawr Round Cairn  

 

Designated  

Rhondda Cynon Taff  

Hirwaun  

297736  

212213  

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 - 800 BC). It comprises a circular mound of stones, 10m in diameter and 1m high with a large disturbance hollow in the centre. The hollow extends down to the limestone bedrock, with the sides piled up to form a shelter. 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 intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. 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.