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Four Round Cairns on Mynydd-y-Glog is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales. The site comprises four separate round cairns constructed as burial structures, typical of the funerary practices employed during the Bronze Age period. These cairns would originally have served as prominent burial markers across the upland landscape of Mynydd-y-Glog, with their visibility on the ridgeline indicating their ceremonial and commemorative importance to local communities. The monument is protected under the Scheduled Ancient Monument designation system, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary ritual and social organisation in the Welsh uplands.
Four Round Cairns on Mynydd-y-Glog is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM522. View the official record →
Four Round Cairns on Mynydd-y-Glog is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM522.
Four Round Cairns on Mynydd-y-Glog 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.
Four Round Cairns on Mynydd-y-Glog 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 GM522.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tarren y Bwlch round cairn (6.1 km), Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace) (6.4 km), Rhondda Fach Cairn (7.2 km).
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