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Begwns round cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD245. The monument consists of a circular heap of stones characteristic of funerary or ceremonial sites built during the Bronze Age. Such cairns typically served as burial monuments, often containing cremated remains or inhumations within or beneath the mound structure. The site would have been a focal point for ritual practice and a lasting memorial to the dead within its contemporary landscape.
The cairn rests upon bedrock composed of Ludlow Rocks, formed during the Ludlow period of the Silurian. These deposits comprise mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, the soft sedimentary geology typical of much of Wales. The underlying strata would have provided ready material for construction and influenced how the monument was built and has weathered through time.
Today Begwns round cairn survives as a tangible link to Bronze Age communities in Wales, its physical form preserved across millennia. The monument's continued existence allows archaeologists and heritage visitors to understand ancient burial practices and the organisation of prehistoric settlement patterns in the Welsh landscape. Its scheduled protection reflects the archaeological and cultural significance attached to such monuments throughout Wales.
Begwns round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD245. View the official record →
Begwns round cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD245.
Begwns 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 the UK.
Begwns 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 RD245.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm (6.8 km), Great House Mound & Bailey Castle (7 km), Aberllynfi chapel (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Begwns round cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Begwns round cairn stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.