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Cefn Moel Round Cairn III is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR292. The monument sits upon Lower Devonian bedrock comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate deposits formed during the Early Devonian period. This geological foundation of mixed sedimentary rocks would have influenced both the availability of stone for cairn construction and the character of the surrounding landscape that early builders encountered at this site.
Round cairns of this type are characteristic Bronze Age monuments, typically erected as burial structures or territorial markers across the upland regions of Britain and Wales. Their construction, often using locally gathered stone, reflects the intimate knowledge their builders possessed of their immediate environment. The specific geology of Cefn Moel would have determined what stone materials lay readily to hand.
As a scheduled monument under Cadw's guardianship, Cefn Moel Round Cairn III remains an important resource for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in Welsh upland areas. The cairn's survival to the present day, despite millennia of agricultural and natural weathering processes acting upon its Early Devonian stone foundation, testifies to the durability of its original construction.
Cefn Moel Round Cairn III is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR292. View the official record →
Cefn Moel Round Cairn III is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR292.
Cefn Moel Round Cairn III 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 Moel Round Cairn III 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 BR292.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carreg Waun Llech Prehistoric Standing Stone (7.5 km), Carreg Wen Fawr y Rugos cairn cemetery (7.9 km), Carn Caws, round cairn to N of (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cefn Moel Round Cairn III'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.
Cefn Moel Round Cairn III stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.