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Cistfaen cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Radnorshire, Wales, forming part of the significant distribution of ceremonial and burial sites across the upland regions of mid-Wales. The structure consists of a roughly circular mound of stones accumulated over a burial or burials, typical of round cairns erected during the Bronze Age as markers of ritual significance and repositories for the dead. Such monuments reflect the burial practices and social organisation of Bronze Age communities, whose investment in these enduring stone structures suggests considerable cultural importance placed upon commemorating the deceased. The site's location in the upland landscape, characteristic of many Radnorshire cairns, indicates settlement and land-use patterns in prehistory, providing archaeological evidence for Bronze Age activity across this region of Wales.
Cistfaen cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD209. View the official record →
Cistfaen cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Radnorshire, Wales, forming part of the significant distribution of ceremonial and burial sites across the upland regions of mid-Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD209.
Cistfaen cairns 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.
Cistfaen cairns 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 RD209.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cistfaen barrows (0.2 km), Maen Hir cairn cemetery (1.2 km), Carn y Groes cairn (1.8 km).
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