RD200

Carreg Bica Round Cairn  

31/01/2003  

Designated  

Powys  

Rhayader  

292482  

265508  

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) and located on the summit of Carreg Bica with spectacular views over Rhayader and the Wye Valley to the south-east. The cairn is visible as a heap of stones some 9.8m in diameter and 1m high and is surmounted by a modern walkers' cairn some 2m in diameter and 1m 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. It is a circle and measures 12m in diameter, centred on the cairn.