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Crug Round Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Ceredigion, Wales, and is registered with Cadw under the scheduled ancient monument reference CD223. The cairn comprises a roughly circular mound of stones that would originally have served as a burial structure and possibly a focus for ritual activity during prehistoric times. Such round cairns are characteristic of upland Wales and represent an important class of funerary evidence for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork that contributes to understanding the prehistoric landscape and religious practices of early Welsh communities.
Crug Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD223. View the official record →
Crug Round Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Ceredigion, Wales, and is registered with Cadw under the scheduled ancient monument reference CD223. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD223.
Crug 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 Britain.
Crug 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 CD223.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural Settlement (5.2 km), Esgair Ffraith Round Cairns (5.3 km), Careg-y-Bwci (5.7 km).
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