CM036

Crug 460m WSW of Brynamlwg, Pencader  

 

Designated  

Carmarthenshire  

Llanfihangel-ar-Arth  

243032  

236168  

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 of earth and stone, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC), lying in enclosed but unbroken ground covered with heather and grass. The cairn is 14m in diameter with some stone exposed on its surface; it stands a maximum height of 0.7m above the surrounding field. A large recumbent stone which rests within the cairn has been placed there within the site in very recent years. The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Ring cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.