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Cefn Cil-Sanws ring cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales, designated as Scheduled Ancient Monument GM567 by Cadw. The ring cairn consists of a circular arrangement of stone, characteristic of ritual and burial monuments constructed during the prehistoric period in the Welsh landscape. Such monuments served ceremonial and funerary purposes for prehistoric communities, functioning as focal points for ritual activity and the interment or commemoration of the dead. The site forms part of the broader corpus of ring cairn monuments distributed across Wales, contributing to understanding of prehistoric religious practice and settlement patterns in the region.
Cefn Cil-Sanws ring cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM567. View the official record →
Cefn Cil-Sanws ring cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales, designated as Scheduled Ancient Monument GM567 by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM567.
Cefn Cil-Sanws ring cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Cefn Cil-Sanws ring 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 GM567.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gwersyll (6.8 km), Vale of Neath railway cutting and tunnel portal (6.9 km), Garn Las Earthwork (7 km).
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