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Cairn Cemetery on Esgair Gerwyn is a Prehistoric cairn cemetery located in Ceredigion, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference CD135. The site comprises multiple burial cairns dating to the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, representing a significant funerary landscape of considerable antiquity. These stone-built structures served as communal and individual burial monuments, reflecting the ritual practices and settlement patterns of early prehistoric communities in mid-Wales. The cemetery's position on the upland terrain of Esgair Gerwyn demonstrates the long-term use of this landscape for mortuary purposes across several prehistoric millennia.
Cairn Cemetery on Esgair Gerwyn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD135. View the official record →
Cairn Cemetery on Esgair Gerwyn is a Prehistoric cairn cemetery located in Ceredigion, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference CD135. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD135.
Cairn Cemetery on Esgair Gerwyn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn cemetery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cairn Cemetery on Esgair Gerwyn 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 CD135.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blaen Nant-y-Rhiw Round Cairn (5.1 km), Esgair Irfon round cairn (5.2 km), Carn Saith-Wraig Round Cairns (5.3 km).
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