MG087

Carn Bwlch y Cloddiau, Esgair Wen  

 

Designated  

Powys  

Llangurig  

285379  

278688  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Round Cairn  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the scheduled monument. The monument comprises the remains a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairn comprises a small circle of stones with a trig point in the centre. The stones of the cairn have been used to build a shelter around this. Another shelter has been built on the northern side, and measures approx. 12.5m N-S, and 0.5m-0.75m high. 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.