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Carn Fawr Round Cairns is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual monument located in Ceredigion, Wales. The site comprises round cairns constructed during the Bronze Age period, representing an important example of prehistoric burial practice and ceremonial activity in west Wales. Such cairns typically contained inhumation or cremation burials and served as focal points for ritual observance and commemoration of the deceased within their communities. The monument remains a significant archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary customs and the ritual landscape of prehistoric Ceredigion.
Carn Fawr Round Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD246. View the official record →
Carn Fawr Round Cairns is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual monument located in Ceredigion, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD246.
Carn Fawr Round Cairns 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 Fawr Round Cairns 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 CD246.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nant yr Eira Prehistoric Copper Mines & 19th Century Lead Mine (3.4 km), Cairn on Pen Lluest-y-Carn (4.3 km), North Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr (4.5 km).
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