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Ffridd Braich Llwyd is a Bronze Age ring cairn located in Meirionnydd, Wales, and designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM ME217. The site comprises a circular or near-circular cairn of stone, typical of Bronze Age funerary and ritual monuments found throughout Wales and the wider British Isles. Dating to the Bronze Age, the monument reflects the burial and ceremonial practices of prehistoric communities in this upland region of mid-Wales. Ring cairns of this type served both funerary functions and ritual purposes, often marking significant locations in the Bronze Age landscape and indicating patterns of settlement and land use in Meirionnydd during the second and early first millennia BCE.
Ffridd Braich Llwyd Bronze Age Ritual Complex is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME217. View the official record →
Ffridd Braich Llwyd is a Bronze Age ring cairn located in Meirionnydd, Wales, and designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM ME217. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME217.
Ffridd Braich Llwyd Bronze Age Ritual Complex dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Ffridd Braich Llwyd Bronze Age Ritual Complex 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 ME217.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cae'r Lloi Round Barrow (4.1 km), Pont Minllyn (5.3 km), Mynydd Lluest Fach barrow cemetery (5.8 km).
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