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Cefn Ty-Mawr is a round cairn located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the prehistoric period and serving ritual, religious and funerary functions for its Bronze Age community. The monument consists of a circular heap of stones constructed over a burial or ceremonial deposit, typical of cairn construction practices in upland Wales during the Bronze Age. Such cairns represent significant investments of communal labour and indicate the importance placed on honouring the dead and conducting ritual activities at prominent landscape locations. The site's positioning in the Brecon Beacons region reflects the established pattern of Bronze Age burial monument distribution across Welsh uplands, where such structures served as enduring markers of territorial occupation and ancestral connection to the land.
Cefn Ty-Mawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR097. View the official record →
Cefn Ty-Mawr is a round cairn located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the prehistoric period and serving ritual, religious and funerary functions for its Bronze Age community. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR097.
Cefn Ty-Mawr 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 Ty-Mawr 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 BR097.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks SW of Church (2.8 km), Standing Stone SSE of Dol-y-Felin (2.8 km), Roman Fortlet (revealed by aerial photography), Disserth (4.3 km).
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