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Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales. The monument consists of a mound of stacked stones built upon bedrock formed from Ashgill rocks, a geological sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone typical of upland Welsh terrain. Such cairns served various ceremonial and burial functions during the Bronze Age and earlier periods, their construction reflecting the communal effort and cultural practices of prehistoric communities. The site's elevated position on this bedrock geology would have been deliberately selected for visibility across the surrounding landscape.
The cairn is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's reference CD043, recognising its archaeological significance and the information it retains about prehistoric settlement and land use in the region. The monument's survival depends upon maintaining the integrity of its stone structure and the archaeological deposits within and beneath it.
The precise dating and original purpose of this particular cairn remain to be determined through further investigation, though its form is consistent with other ceremonial or funerary monuments erected across Wales during the prehistoric period. Its location in the Welsh landscape, anchored to local place names and geology, contributes to understanding how early communities organised and perceived their environment.
Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD043. View the official record →
Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD043.
Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau 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.
Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau 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 CD043.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nant yr Helygen Deserted Rural Settlement (5.3 km), Esgair Naint Deserted Rural Settlement (5.4 km), Bryn Rhosau Round Barrows (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau'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.
Cairn 400m N of Lle'r Neuaddau stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.