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Bancbryn cairn cemetery is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, comprising a substantial round cairn and associated burial features. The site is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference CM333 and represents the ritual and burial practices of prehistoric communities during the Bronze Age period. The cairn itself consists of a mounded stone structure characteristic of Bronze Age monumental construction, serving as a focal point for communal or elite burial activity. Such cairn cemeteries are important archaeological records of Bronze Age social organisation, religious belief systems, and the treatment of the dead during this transformative period of Welsh prehistory.
Bancbryn cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM333. View the official record →
Bancbryn cairn cemetery is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, comprising a substantial round cairn and associated burial features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM333.
Bancbryn cairn cemetery 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.
Bancbryn cairn cemetery 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 CM333.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burial Chamber Nr Carn Llechart (4.1 km), Carn Llechart Stone Circle (4.1 km), Ring Cairn on Tor Clawdd (4.2 km).
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