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Cefn Merthyr Cynog Cairn is a round cairn located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Prehistoric period and designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM BR401. The monument represents a funerary and ritual structure typical of Bronze Age burial practices in upland Wales, where such cairns served as communal or individual burial monuments. The site's physical form consists of a circular mound of stones constructed over a burial deposit or deposits, characteristic of the round cairn tradition that persisted across the Welsh uplands during the Bronze Age. Its location in the Breconshire landscape reflects the settlement and ceremonial patterns of prehistoric communities who utilised upland regions for both habitation and ritual purposes.
Cefn Merthyr Cynog Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR401. View the official record →
Cefn Merthyr Cynog Cairn is a round cairn located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Prehistoric period and designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM BR401. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR401.
Cefn Merthyr Cynog Cairn 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.
Cefn Merthyr Cynog 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 BR401.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Corn y Fan Camp (3.7 km), Maen Richard Prehistoric Standing Stone (4.3 km), Gaer Fach (4.3 km).
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