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Craig y Llyn Mawr platform cairn and standing stone is a prehistoric ritual and funerary monument located in Wales, designated under Cadw reference SAM MG328. The site comprises a platform cairn, a form of burial structure characteristic of Neolithic and Early Bronze Age communities, alongside an associated standing stone. Platform cairns of this type typically served ritual and funerary functions within prehistoric Welsh societies, functioning as communal or significant burial monuments. The monument reflects the religious and ceremonial practices of prehistoric Wales during the periods when such stone-constructed funerary sites were regularly constructed and utilised by local populations.
Craig y Llyn Mawr platform cairn and standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG328. View the official record →
Craig y Llyn Mawr platform cairn and standing stone is a prehistoric ritual and funerary monument located in Wales, designated under Cadw reference SAM MG328. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG328.
Craig y Llyn Mawr platform cairn and standing stone dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a platform cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Craig y Llyn Mawr platform cairn and standing stone 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 MG328.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caersws Roman road (5.4 km), Caersws Roman Fort: Section of South Western Defences (5.9 km), Caersws Roman Fort and Vicus: section in southern part of vicus (6 km).
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