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Blaen Glyn Round Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference BR235. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents the type of burial structure characteristic of that period in upland Wales. Such round cairns typically consisted of a mound of stones constructed over one or more burial deposits and served as prominent landscape markers for communities engaged in pastoral and agricultural economies. The monument reflects the ritual and funerary practices of Bronze Age populations in the Brecon Beacons region and remains an important archaeological witness to prehistoric settlement patterns in south Wales.
Blaen Glyn Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR235. View the official record →
Blaen Glyn Round Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference BR235. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR235.
Blaen Glyn 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.
Blaen Glyn 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 BR235.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mynydd y Garn Lluest East (8.6 km), Mynydd y Garn round cairn (8.6 km), Mynydd y Garn Enclosure (8.8 km).
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