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Carn Pentyle-Hir and its adjacent round cairn are Bronze Age funerary monuments located in Wales, designated as Scheduled Ancient Monuments under Cadw reference GM402. The site comprises two distinct cairn structures that reflect the ritual and burial practices of prehistoric Welsh communities during the Bronze Age period. These monuments represent important examples of the funerary architecture employed in Wales during the second millennium BC, when such cairns served as focal points for ceremonial activity and the interment of the dead. The physical remains demonstrate the construction methods and social organisation of Bronze Age societies in the Welsh landscape.
Carn Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM402. View the official record →
Carn Pentyle-Hir and its adjacent round cairn are Bronze Age funerary monuments located in Wales, designated as Scheduled Ancient Monuments under Cadw reference GM402. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM402.
Carn Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent 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 Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent 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 GM402.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Darren Fawr Round Cairns (3.2 km), Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery (5.5 km), Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman (6.1 km).
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