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Burnt Mound 250m S of Cwm is a prehistoric burnt mound located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CM289. The monument comprises a mound of burnt stone accumulated through repeated episodes of heat treatment, a characteristic feature of Bronze Age activity in Britain and Ireland. Such sites typically represent the remains of communal cooking or industrial processing sites where stones were heated in fires and then plunged into liquid-filled troughs to heat water or cook food.
The monument sits upon bedrock formed from Pridoli Rocks, an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have provided readily available stone for the surrounding landscape. This geology is typical of South Wales upland terrain, which supported scattered prehistoric settlement and seasonal exploitation of resources. The specific location near Cwm reflects the Bronze Age preference for positioning such sites close to water sources and areas where suitable stone was naturally available.
The burnt mound represents valuable archaeological evidence of prehistoric domestic or industrial practice in Wales. The preservation of burnt stone deposits allows archaeologists to understand Bronze Age subsistence strategies and the organisation of labour in prehistoric communities. The site remains an important record of how early peoples adapted to and utilised their local environment.
Burnt Mound 250m S of Cwm is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM289. View the official record →
Burnt Mound 250m S of Cwm is a prehistoric burnt mound located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CM289.
Burnt Mound 250m S of Cwm dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a burnt mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Burnt Mound 250m S of Cwm 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 CM289.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cincoed Limestone Quarries and Kilns (3.4 km), Group of Burnt Mounds 300m SSW of Cilcoll Farm (3.4 km), Limekilns East of Cincoed (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Burnt Mound 250m S of Cwm'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.
Burnt Mound 250m S of Cwm stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.