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Begwns Round Barrow is a Bronze Age round cairn located on Mynydd Machen in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM MM071. The monument consists of a circular mound of stacked stones typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in upland Wales, erected as a burial monument and likely serving ritual functions within its contemporary landscape. Dating to the Bronze Age period, the cairn represents the funerary traditions of communities practising inhumation or cremation burial, with the mound construction reflecting both practical and ceremonial investment in the memorialisation of the deceased. The site's location on the moorland plateau indicates the significance of these upland zones for Bronze Age ritual and burial practice in the region.
Begwns Round Barrow, Mynydd Machen is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM071. View the official record →
Begwns Round Barrow is a Bronze Age round cairn located on Mynydd Machen in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM MM071. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM071.
Begwns Round Barrow, Mynydd Machen dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Begwns Round Barrow, Mynydd Machen 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 MM071.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ruperra Castle lower summerhouse remains (3.4 km), Ruperra Castle (3.7 km), Croes Carn Einion Roman Site (5 km).
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