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Craig y Lluest cairn cemetery is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG321. The monument sits upon bedrock of Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), Silurian sandstones and conglomerates that have weathered through millennia to form the uneven foundation beneath the site.
The cairn cemetery represents a burial tradition spanning the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, when communities across Wales constructed stone monuments to commemorate their dead. Round cairns such as this were built from locally gathered stone, with the superstructure designed to last across generations as visible markers of ancestral presence on the landscape.
The underlying geology of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate would have provided readily available stone for construction, allowing the builders to assemble substantial monuments from materials close at hand. The exposed or shallow bedrock across the site shaped both the feasibility and character of monument building in this locality, making Craig y Lluest a meaningful example of how prehistoric communities engaged with their specific landscape.
Craig y Lluest cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG321. View the official record →
Craig y Lluest cairn cemetery is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG321.
Craig y Lluest cairn cemetery 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.
Craig y Lluest cairn cemetery 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 MG321.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hafod yr Abad Deserted Rural Settlement (0.3 km), Maen Hir cairn cemetery (0.8 km), Nant y Gafod Deserted Rural Settlement (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Craig y Lluest cairn cemetery'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.
Craig y Lluest cairn cemetery stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.