Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
CM111
Name
Carn Wen Round Barrow
Date of Designation
05/07/1951
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llangeler
Easting
239900
Northing
233972
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Round Barrow
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located on a low summit towards the NE end of a ridge and overlooks the Afon Duad valley to the SE. The barrow is situated in a firebreak strip of rough moorland between two adjacent parcels of forestry plantation. The scrub-covered mound is circular in shape on plan and measures 20m in diameter. It is low and rounded in profile and measures 1m in height.
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, including a buried prehistoric land surface. The importance of the monument is further enhanced by the group value it shares with adjacent barrows to the SW.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 30m in diameter.