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Carnedd Cerrig is a prehistoric kerb cairn situated in Wales. The monument comprises a circular or oval heap of stones surrounded by a deliberately placed kerb of larger rocks, a construction method typical of Neolithic and Bronze Age burial practices in Britain. Such cairns served as communal or individual burial chambers, with the kerb defining and containing the central mound.
The site rests upon bedrock of Caradoc Rocks, a Caradocian-age formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have been exposed or near-surface when the cairn was built. This geology shaped the local stone supply available to the cairn's builders, who selected suitable boulders from the surrounding landscape to construct both the kerb and the internal stone pile.
Carnedd Cerrig is protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw, the Welsh heritage authority, under reference MG317. This designation recognises its significance as a rare surviving example of Bronze Age or late Neolithic funerary architecture, preserving evidence of prehistoric burial customs and social practice in the Welsh uplands.
Carnedd Cerrig kerb cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG317. View the official record →
Carnedd Cerrig is a prehistoric kerb cairn situated in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG317.
Carnedd Cerrig kerb cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a kerb cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Carnedd Cerrig kerb 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 MG317.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Croes y Forwyn cairns (3.2 km), Clawdd Mawr (3.7 km), Cil Haul Barrow (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Carnedd Cerrig kerb 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.
Carnedd Cerrig kerb cairn stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.