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Blaen y Cwm Round Cairns is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference SAM MG293. The site comprises round cairns, which represent characteristic forms of burial construction dating from the prehistoric period when such stone-built mounds served both funerary and ritual functions within Bronze Age communities. The physical structure consists of stone-built cairns, monuments that typically contain or cover burial deposits and would have been prominent landscape features in their period. Such cairn complexes were central to the religious and ceremonial practices of prehistoric Welsh societies, marking significant burial locations that often remained focal points for ritual activity across multiple generations.
Blaen y Cwm Round Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG293. View the official record →
Blaen y Cwm Round Cairns is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference SAM MG293. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG293.
Blaen y Cwm Round Cairns dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Blaen y Cwm Round Cairns 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 MG293.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Esgair Draenllwyn Round Cairn I (1.7 km), Bryn y Gadair round cairn (4.5 km), Y Ffridd Round Barrow (6.4 km).
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