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Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-Wynt is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales. The monument sits on bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have been readily available for use in construction. Ring cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and represent a distinct class of funerary or ceremonial monument, often associated with burial practices across upland regions of Britain and Wales.
The monument consists of a circular arrangement of stones surrounding a central area, a characteristic form that served both practical and ritual purposes for prehistoric communities. The local geology provided suitable material for building: the fractured Llandovery sandstone and conglomerate would have been gathered from the immediate landscape to form the cairn structure. Such monuments often involved considerable community effort, suggesting their importance to the social and spiritual life of the Bronze Age population.
The site is protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw (reference CM218), recognising its archaeological significance and its contribution to understanding prehistoric settlement and ceremonial practices in Wales. Ring cairns remain important sources of evidence for Bronze Age communities, and their distribution across the Welsh landscape continues to illuminate patterns of land use and belief across this period.
Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-Wynt is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM218. View the official record →
Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-Wynt is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM218.
Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-Wynt dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-Wynt 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 CM218.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mynydd Mallaen Long Hut (5.9 km), Pen Cerrigdiddos Round Cairns (6.4 km), Burnt Mound on Esgair Ferchon (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-Wynt'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.
Cairns & Stone Circle S of Pen-y-Raglan-Wynt stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.