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Cairn on Pen Lluest-y-Carn is a prehistoric round cairn sited on the Welsh uplands. The monument sits upon Ashgill Rocks, a succession of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Ashgill period in the Ordovician geological age. This solid foundation of fine sedimentary strata has ensured the survival of the cairn's stone structure across millennia.
The cairn belongs to a class of Bronze Age funerary monuments widespread across upland Britain. Such structures typically contained burial deposits and marked significant territorial or social locations on high ground. The exposed moorland setting of Pen Lluest-y-Carn would have been visible across considerable distances, serving both as a burial place and a landscape landmark for communities of the period.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw, the Welsh heritage authority, and is designated under reference CD038. This protection recognises the archaeological significance of round cairns as evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns, land use and ritual practice across Wales. The monument contributes to understanding Bronze Age funerary traditions and the occupation of upland regions in the prehistoric period.
Cairn on Pen Lluest-y-Carn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD038. View the official record →
Cairn on Pen Lluest-y-Carn is a prehistoric round cairn sited on the Welsh uplands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD038.
Cairn on Pen Lluest-y-Carn 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 on Pen Lluest-y-Carn 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 CD038.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Esgair Naint Deserted Rural Settlement (6.9 km), Lluest Nantycreuau Deserted Rural Settlement (7.2 km), Nant Yspryd Glan Deserted Rural Settlement (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cairn on Pen Lluest-y-Carn'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 on Pen Lluest-y-Carn stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.