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Cairn Circle 585m NE of Meini Gwyr is a round barrow situated in Carmarthenshire, Wales, and dates to the Bronze Age period. The monument consists of a circular cairn constructed from stone, representing the burial practices and ritual traditions characteristic of prehistoric communities in Wales during the second millennium BC. Such cairns served as funerary monuments marking the graves of individuals or small groups within Bronze Age society. The site is recorded in the Cadw monuments register as SAM CM050 and remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric funerary ritual in the region.
Cairn Circle 585m NE of Meini Gwyr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM050. View the official record →
Cairn Circle 585m NE of Meini Gwyr is a round barrow situated in Carmarthenshire, Wales, and dates to the Bronze Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM050.
Cairn Circle 585m NE of Meini Gwyr dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cairn Circle 585m NE of Meini Gwyr 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 CM050.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Inscribed Stone in outer face of wall of St Michael's Church (now in Llandissilio Church) (5.8 km), Castell Gwyn (6.4 km), Crugiau Round Barrows (6.8 km).
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