RD235

Carneddau round cairns  

25/10/2004  

Designated  

Powys  

Glascwm  

306299  

254519  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Round Cairn  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument. The monument comprises the remains of two burial cairns, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in enclosed moorland on the central summit of the Carneddau Hill. The southernmost cairn (Item A: SO 0629 5450) measures about 10.5m in diameter and up to 0.9m in height. The northernmost cairn (Item B: SO 0630 5454) measures about 8m in diameter and up to 0.5m 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 the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including buried prehistoric land surfaces. The area scheduled comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. Area A (SO 0629 5450) is circular and measures 26m in diameter. Area B (SO 0630 5454) is circular and measures 24m in diameter.