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Earthwork 125m South West of Meini Gwyr is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CM247. Ring cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and consist of a circular or oval arrangement of stones, often marking burial or ritual sites. This example sits upon bedrock of Llanvirn age, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone of the Whiterock formation, geology which would have weathered to produce the stone materials used in the cairn's construction.
The monument lies within a landscape where stone is readily available, a crucial factor in its location and preservation. Ring cairns served important ceremonial and funerary functions within Bronze Age communities, and their distribution across the Welsh uplands reflects settlement patterns and land use of that distant period. The proximity to Meini Gwyr, a known Bronze Age site in the region, suggests this earthwork formed part of a wider ritual or domestic landscape.
Today the monument remains subject to the natural processes of erosion and vegetation growth characteristic of Welsh upland sites. Its scheduled status ensures legal protection, permitting managed conservation that balances preservation with the archaeological study necessary to understand Bronze Age practices in this area.
Earthwork 125m South West of Meini Gwyr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM247. View the official record →
Earthwork 125m South West of Meini Gwyr is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CM247.
Earthwork 125m South West of Meini Gwyr dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Earthwork 125m South West of Meini Gwyr 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 CM247.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crugiau Round Barrows (6.2 km), Inscribed Stone N of Parciau Farmhouse (7.6 km), Llandre Entrenchment (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Earthwork 125m South West of Meini Gwyr'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.
Earthwork 125m South West of Meini Gwyr stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.