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Cairn S of Banc y Geufron is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CD139. The site lies on bedrock comprising Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), a formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Llandovery period. This geology would have been well known to the prehistoric communities who constructed the cairn, who likely quarried local stone for the monument's construction.
Round cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments, though without excavation the precise chronology of this example remains undetermined. The monument's survival on the Welsh landscape testifies to the durability of dry-stone construction and the significance of the burial rite it represented within prehistoric society.
The site's protection reflects its importance as an archaeological resource and its potential to yield information about prehistoric funerary practices, settlement patterns and land use in Wales. The Llandovery bedrock beneath the cairn has shaped both the monument's form and its archaeological context, with stone availability influencing construction methods and local populations' relationship with their environment.
Cairn S of Banc y Geufron is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD139. View the official record →
Cairn S of Banc y Geufron is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CD139.
Cairn S of Banc y Geufron 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 S of Banc y Geufron 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 CD139.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bryn Eithinog Standing Stone (7.3 km), Bryn-y-Crofftau Ring Cairn (7.4 km), Bryngwyn Bach Round Cairn Cemetery (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cairn S of Banc y Geufron'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 S of Banc y Geufron stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.