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Carn Caws is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn located in Breconshire, Wales. The monument consists of a roughly circular mound of stones typical of prehistoric funerary and ritual structures, built during a period spanning several centuries from approximately 3000 BC onwards. Such cairns served as communal or individual burial monuments and are among the most numerous surviving prehistoric structures in Wales. The site's survival reflects the enduring nature of stone-built monuments in the upland landscape of South Wales.
Carn Caws round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR355. View the official record →
Carn Caws is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR355.
Carn Caws round cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Carn Caws round cairn 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 BR355.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trefil Tramroad (4.5 km), Twyn Bryn March round cairn (4.5 km), Twyn Ceilog Round Cairn (4.8 km).
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