BR331

Sand Hill round cairn  

27/02/2006  

Designated  

Powys  

Ystradfellte  

289082  

215045  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Round Cairn  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument. The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in open moorland on a locally prominent summit overlooking the area to the SE. The well-defined stone-built cairn is circular on plan and measures about 8.5m in diameter and up to 0.5m in height. Although it has been disturbed in the past - a small modern cairn has been built upon its N side - the majority of the cairn remains intact. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. 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. 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.