Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
CM329
Name
Cilgerddan ring cairn
Date of Designation
17/09/2004
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanddeusant
Easting
275398
Northing
226436
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Ring 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 large ring cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within open moorland just below the summit of a locally prominent hill. The monument is situated on an E-facing terrace. The grass-covered ring cairn is circular on plan and measures about 50m in diameter within a stony ring bank spread to about 4m in thickness and up to 0.2m in height. The interior of the ring cairn is level.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape, retaining significant archaeological potential.
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 60m in diameter.