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Banc Paderau Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR149. Round cairns of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, typically comprising a mound of stones heaped over one or more inhumation burials. The monument's name reflects its Welsh heritage and landscape setting. Such cairns often contained cremated or inhumed remains accompanied by grave goods, though the specific contents of this example are not documented in available records.
The cairn stands upon bedrock formed from Llandovery rocks—an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Llandovery period of the Ordovician. This geology would have influenced both the material available for monument construction and the broader landscape character of the site. The local stone resources shaped how prehistoric communities built their funerary monuments, with the weathered surface materials providing suitable stone for the cairn's construction.
Today, Banc Paderau Round Cairn survives as a testament to Bronze Age burial practices in Wales. Its continued protection reflects its significance as an archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and ritual practice. The monument contributes to our understanding of how ancient communities marked and maintained their burial sites across the Welsh landscape.
Banc Paderau Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR149. View the official record →
Banc Paderau Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR149.
Banc Paderau Round Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Banc Paderau Round 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 BR149.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-y-Garn-Goch Long Barrow (2.4 km), Cwm Irfon Standing Stone (3.2 km), Fforest Castle Mound (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Banc Paderau Round 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.
Banc Paderau Round Cairn stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.