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Cwm Bwchel round cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (MM343) under Cadw protection. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents the type of ceremonial burial structure commonly constructed during the second millennium BCE across upland regions of Britain and Wales. As a round cairn, the monument would originally have consisted of a substantial mound of stones heaped over a central burial or cremation deposit, serving as a durable marker of a significant individual or community burial site. The survival of such monuments in the Welsh landscape provides important evidence for Bronze Age mortuary practices and the ritual significance attached to permanent monumental commemoration of the dead.
Cwm Bwchel round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM343. View the official record →
Cwm Bwchel round cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (MM343) under Cadw protection. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM343.
Cwm Bwchel 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.
Cwm Bwchel 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 MM343.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwm Beusych Deserted Rural Settlement (6 km), Pen y Clawdd Castle Mound (7.9 km), Crug Hywel Camp (8.2 km).
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