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Chepstow Park Wood Cairn is a round cairn of Neolithic or Bronze Age date located in Monmouthshire, Wales. The monument consists of a mound of stones constructed as a funerary and ritual monument, characteristic of prehistoric burial practices in the region. Such cairns served as communal or individual burial places and likely functioned as focal points for ritual activity within the Bronze Age and later prehistoric landscape. The site is recorded in the Cadw schedule of ancient monuments as a significant example of prehistoric ceremonial architecture in South Wales.
Chepstow Park Wood Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM286. View the official record →
Chepstow Park Wood Cairn is a round cairn of Neolithic or Bronze Age date located in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM286.
Chepstow Park Wood 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.
Chepstow Park Wood 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 MM286.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crick Round Barrow (7.3 km), The Berries Mound & Bailey Castle (8 km), Church Farm Romano-British settlement (8.4 km).
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