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Garn Lwyd Round Cairn & Standing Stone is a prehistoric monument situated in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference CD256. The site comprises both a standing stone and associated round cairn, representing a form of ceremonial or burial monument common to the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods across Britain and Ireland. The standing stone, likely raised during the Bronze Age, would have served as a prominent marker within the landscape, visible across considerable distances from surrounding terrain.
The monument rests upon bedrock formed from the Ashgill Rocks, a geological formation composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. This substrate would have presented both opportunities and constraints to the monument's builders; the stone layers available for construction and the underlying solid geology upon which the standing stone was erected. The Ashgill formation, dating to the Ordovician period, forms part of Wales's ancient geological foundation and would have been a familiar material resource to prehistoric communities inhabiting this region.
The round cairn accompanying the standing stone likely served funerary purposes, constructed from stones gathered locally and heaped to cover burials or cremated remains. Such cairns frequently cluster in upland areas of Wales, demonstrating the importance of prominent landscape features for marking sacred or commemorative sites within Bronze Age communities.
Garn Lwyd Round Cairn & Standing Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD256. View the official record →
Garn Lwyd Round Cairn & Standing Stone is a prehistoric monument situated in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference CD256.
Garn Lwyd Round Cairn & Standing Stone dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a standing stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Garn Lwyd Round Cairn & Standing Stone 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 CD256.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn Circle 200m NNW of Dolgamfa (4.2 km), Banc Erw Barfe Deserted Rural Settlement (5.2 km), Castell Bwa-drain Camp (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Garn Lwyd Round Cairn & Standing Stone'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.
Garn Lwyd Round Cairn & Standing Stone stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.