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Garn-Fawr Tumuli and Enclosure is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, comprising round barrows and associated earthwork enclosures. The site dates to the Bronze Age, when such monuments served as burial places and centres of ritual activity for early agricultural communities. The tumuli are positioned within a defined enclosure that suggests a formal ceremonial landscape, indicating the site held significance beyond its function as a burial ground. The monument survives as earthwork remains and forms part of the broader pattern of Bronze Age funerary monuments that characterise the prehistoric archaeology of the Carmarthenshire uplands.
Garn-Fawr Tumuli & Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM038. View the official record →
Garn-Fawr Tumuli and Enclosure is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, comprising round barrows and associated earthwork enclosures. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM038.
Garn-Fawr Tumuli & Enclosure dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Garn-Fawr Tumuli & Enclosure 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 CM038.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trebersed Moated Site (4.4 km), The Bulwarks (Civil War) (4.4 km), Carmarthen Castle (4.4 km).
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