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Bedd Gorfal Ring Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Meirionnydd, Wales. The site consists of a ring cairn, a circular arrangement of stones typical of prehistoric ritual and burial practices in Wales. Such monuments served as communal or individual places of interment and held significant religious or ceremonial importance within prehistoric communities. The ring cairn form reflects Bronze Age funerary traditions in particular, though similar structures were constructed across an extended timespan in prehistoric Britain.
Bedd Gorfal Ring Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME135. View the official record →
Bedd Gorfal Ring Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Meirionnydd, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME135.
Bedd Gorfal 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.
Bedd Gorfal 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 ME135.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pont Scethin (7.9 km), Craig-y-Ddinas Camp (8.1 km), Cors-y-Gedol Settlements & Field System (8.1 km).
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