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Afon Dulyn ring cairn is a prehistoric ring cairn situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN357. Ring cairns are ceremonial or funerary monuments typical of the Bronze Age, comprising a circular bank of stones with an open or partially enclosed central area. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of Caradoc Rocks—mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician era. This geology, characteristic of upland Wales, would have made stone readily available for the cairn's construction, though the precise dating and function of this particular monument remain to be established through archaeological study.
Afon Dulyn ring cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN357. View the official record →
Afon Dulyn ring cairn is a prehistoric ring cairn situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN357.
Afon Dulyn ring cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Afon Dulyn ring cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CN357.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hut Settlement West of Allt Goch (5.5 km), Klondyke Lead Mill (6.1 km), Bwlch Cowlyd cairn (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Afon Dulyn ring cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Afon Dulyn ring cairn stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.