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Carn Cornel Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference GM275. The site sits upon bedrock of the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a geological sequence of Westphalian age comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This substantial and variably cemented foundation would have constrained both the selection of stone for the cairn's construction and the ease of any ground disturbance during the monument's building.
Round cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, serving as burial monuments or territorial markers on the upland landscape. The survival of Carn Cornel reflects the durability of stone-built monuments in the Welsh uplands, where acidic soils and exposure have nonetheless challenged preservation of associated finds and structural detail.
The cairn remains a significant record of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practice in South Wales, forming part of the wider distribution of such monuments across the region. Its protection recognises both its archaeological importance and its contribution to understanding Bronze Age communities in this mineral-rich coalfield area.
Carn Cornel Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM275. View the official record →
Carn Cornel Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference GM275.
Carn Cornel 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 the UK.
Carn Cornel 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 GM275.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp 280m S of Melin Court Brook (6.6 km), Pen-Rhiw-Angharad Round Cairns (7.4 km), Blaen-Cwmbach Camp (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Carn Cornel Round Cairn'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.
Carn Cornel Round Cairn stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.