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Banwen Gwys Round Cairns is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales. The site consists of round cairns, stone burial structures characteristic of prehistoric ritual and funerary practices in Wales during the third and second millennia BCE. Such monuments typically served as communal or elite burial places and reflect the religious beliefs and social organisation of their builders. The cairns form part of the wider archaeological landscape of upland Breconshire, where numerous prehistoric monuments cluster in areas suitable for pastoral settlement and ceremonial use.
Banwen Gwys Round Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR353. View the official record →
Banwen Gwys Round Cairns is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR353.
Banwen Gwys Round Cairns 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.
Banwen Gwys Round Cairns 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 BR353.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lorfa stone circle (3.5 km), Llwyncwmstabl round cairn (3.6 km), Hut Circle West of Saith Maen (4.4 km).
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