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Cefncerrig Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD242. The monument sits upon bedrock of Llandovery sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded deposits that form the underlying geology of the site. This solid Silurian foundation would have provided a stable base for the cairn's construction during the prehistoric period.
Round cairns of this type typically served as burial monuments, constructed by stacking stones gathered from the surrounding landscape to create a raised mound. The Llandovery bedrock exposed across the Welsh uplands would have supplied suitable stone material for building. Over time, such cairns have often been reduced in size or disturbed, though their basic structure and position remain archaeologically significant.
The monument's survival and protection reflect its importance to understanding prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in Wales. Cefncerrig Round Cairn contributes to the broader archaeological record of funerary monuments distributed across the Welsh landscape, marking locations of significance to the communities who built and used them during prehistory.
Cefncerrig Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD242. View the official record →
Cefncerrig Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD242.
Cefncerrig Round 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.
Cefncerrig Round 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 CD242.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone Circle and Associated Structures on Bryn y Gorlan (3.7 km), Blaen Nant-y-Rhiw Round Cairn (4.5 km), Llethr Bryn y Gorlan Platform (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cefncerrig Round 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.
Cefncerrig Round Cairn stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.