Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
RD208
Name
Carn y Groes cairn
Date of Designation
20/01/2004
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Rhayader
Easting
288075
Northing
276454
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Round Cairn
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within enclosed moorland on the summit of the ridge at the head of Nant y Derrol. The grass-covered stone built cairn is circular on plan and measures about 9.5m in diameter and up to 0.7m in height. A large modern cairn has been raised on its SE side.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. 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 and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 25m in diameter.