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Crug yr Afan Round Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM GM233. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents the type of monumental burial practice characteristic of that period in Wales. It comprises a mounded structure of stones constructed over an inhumed burial or burials, serving both as a functional tomb and as a visible marker of the deceased within the landscape. The monument exemplifies the ritual and funerary traditions of Bronze Age Welsh communities, whose construction of such cairns demonstrates sophisticated social organisation and sustained investment in ceremonial landscape features.
Crug yr Afan Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM233. View the official record →
Crug yr Afan Round Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM GM233. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM233.
Crug yr Afan 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 the UK.
Crug yr Afan 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 GM233.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn y Hyrddod & Neighbouring Cairn (2 km), Mynydd Ton Cairns (3.1 km), Mynydd Caerau Round Cairns (3.2 km).
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