Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
CM336
Name
Picws Du cairn
Date of Designation
17/09/2004
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanddeusant
Easting
281171
Northing
221854
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 on the leading edge of a prominent and precipitous N-facing ridge on Mynydd Du. The cairn is circular on plan and measures about 17.5m in diameter and up to 1.6m in height.
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.