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Blaen Glasffrwd cairn cemetery is a Prehistoric funerary monument located in Ceredigion, Wales, comprising multiple cairns that represent an important burial landscape of the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period. The site consists of several stone-built cairns distributed across the moorland terrain, reflecting the ritual practices and burial customs of communities in upland Wales during the third and second millennia before the Common Era. The cemetery's physical arrangement and construction technique, typical of cairn monuments in the Welsh uplands, provides evidence for territorial organisation and communal religious observance amongst Prehistoric populations. This monument is protected by Cadw under Scheduled Ancient Monument designation CD138, recognising its archaeological significance for understanding Prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in mid-Wales.
Blaen Glasffrwd cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD138. View the official record →
Blaen Glasffrwd cairn cemetery is a Prehistoric funerary monument located in Ceredigion, Wales, comprising multiple cairns that represent an important burial landscape of the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD138.
Blaen Glasffrwd cairn cemetery dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn cemetery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Blaen Glasffrwd cairn cemetery 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 CD138.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blaen Camddwr Round Cairn (4.4 km), Nantymaen Standing Stone (4.6 km), Cefncerrig Round Cairn (4.8 km).
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