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Bryn Seward Standing Stones and Field System with Associated Cairns is a Neolithic or Bronze Age stone alignment and ritual landscape located in Meirionnydd, Wales. The monument comprises a linear arrangement of standing stones, a prehistoric field system, and associated burial cairns, reflecting the multi-functional use of the site across successive prehistoric periods. The standing stones form a recognizable alignment that may have served ceremonial or astronomical purposes, whilst the cairns indicate funerary activity and the field system demonstrates contemporary agricultural practice. The site represents an important example of prehistoric ritual and settlement organisation in upland Wales, with evidence of sustained use and landscape modification across the Bronze Age and beyond.
Bryn Seward Standing Stones and Field System with Associated Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME083. View the official record →
Bryn Seward Standing Stones and Field System with Associated Cairns is a Neolithic or Bronze Age stone alignment and ritual landscape located in Meirionnydd, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME083.
Bryn Seward Standing Stones and Field System with Associated Cairns dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a stone alignment. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bryn Seward Standing Stones and Field System with Associated 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 ME083.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Allt Lwyd Cairn II (3.9 km), Allt Lwyd Cairn I (4.1 km), Allt Lwyd Bronze Age Ritual Complex (4.3 km).
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