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Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference BR296. The monument sits upon Lower Devonian bedrock composed of sandstone and conglomerate strata laid down during the Early Devonian period, geology that would have been familiar to Bronze Age communities who chose this location for ritual purposes.
Round cairns of this type typically served as burial monuments or ceremonial centres during the Bronze Age, constructed from stone gathered from the surrounding landscape. The specific geology beneath Ffynnon Las—alternating beds of sandstone and conglomerate—would have provided ready sources of suitable building stone, making this an practical choice for monument construction whilst maintaining its significance as a ritual site.
The cairn's survival to the present day, now under official protection, allows study of Bronze Age burial and ceremonial practices in Wales. The monument contributes to understanding settlement patterns and land use in prehistoric Wales, set within a landscape shaped by ancient geological processes that predated human activity by hundreds of millions of years.
Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR296. View the official record →
Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference BR296.
Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex 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.
Ffynnon Las 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 BR296.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pant Serthfa round cairn (7.4 km), Coed Pentwyn Hillfort (7.7 km), Llangattock Tramroad Inclines (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex'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.
Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.