BR302

Darren ring cairn  

03/02/2006  

Designated  

Powys  

Crickhowell  

321259  

221354  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Ring Cairn  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument. The monument comprises the remains of a ring cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within open moorland on a S-facing spur of Pen Cerrig-calch. The well-preserved ring cairn is circular on plan and measures about 9.5m in diameter within a stony ring bank about 1.5m in thickness and 0.3m in height. The interior is level and largely stone free. The ring cairn is situated in a classic location, with wide views all around, particularly to the SE and except to the N where it is overlooked by higher ground. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 22m in diameter.