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Bedd Gwyl Illtyd is a round cairn located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Prehistoric period and serving a funerary and ritual function. The monument comprises a circular mound of stones typical of Bronze Age burial practices in Wales, constructed as a communal or individual burial monument. The site bears the name of Saint Illtyd, reflecting later medieval associations with the landscape, though the cairn itself predates such religious attribution by many centuries. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, it represents an important example of prehistoric funerary architecture in the Brecon Beacons region.
Bedd Gwyl Illtyd round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR326. View the official record →
Bedd Gwyl Illtyd is a round cairn located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Prehistoric period and serving a funerary and ritual function. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR326.
Bedd Gwyl Illtyd 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 Britain.
Bedd Gwyl Illtyd 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 BR326.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Storey Arms Anti-invasion Defences (7 km), Rhyd Uchaf Hillfort (8.7 km), Maen Llia Stone (8.8 km).
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