GM352

Cairnfield on Mynydd Eglwysilan  

 

Designated  

Caerphilly  

Nelson  

311541  

192277  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Round Cairn  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument. The monument comprises the remains of several prehistoric round cairns, burial mounds probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC). It is situated on open moorland on the top of the Mynydd Eglwysilan ridge. The cairnfield consists of approximately ten small turf covered cairns measuring about 2-3m in diameter by c. 0.3m high. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are important relics of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence. Cairnfields 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.