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Carn y Gigfran is a round cairn located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, dating to the Prehistoric period and designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference CM259. The monument comprises a circular mound of stones constructed for ritual and funerary purposes, reflecting the religious practices of its builders during prehistory. Such cairns typically served as burial monuments and ceremonial sites for Bronze Age or earlier communities, though the specific chronology of this example would require reference to archaeological survey records. The site remains archaeologically significant as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Welsh uplands.
Carn y Gigfran is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM259. View the official record →
Carn y Gigfran is a round cairn located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, dating to the Prehistoric period and designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference CM259. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM259.
Carn y Gigfran 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 y Gigfran 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 CM259.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Banwen Gwys Round Cairns (4.1 km), Carn Fadog round cairn (4.7 km), Cwm Twrch settlement and limekiln (5 km).
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