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Garn Wen Round Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference Cadw SAM BR103. The cairn consists of a mound of stones accumulated to mark a burial or burials of ritual significance, typical of the funerary practices evident across upland Wales during the Bronze Age period. Such round cairns served both as permanent monuments to the deceased and as focal points for ceremonial activity within the Bronze Age landscape. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practices and the religious beliefs of Bronze Age communities inhabiting the Brecon Beacons region.
Garn Wen Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR103. View the official record →
Garn Wen Round Cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference Cadw SAM BR103. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR103.
Garn Wen Round Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Garn Wen Round Cairn 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 BR103.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twyn Cerrig-Cadarn Round Cairn (2.6 km), Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir (2.8 km), Tir-cyd Deserted Rural Settlement (3.1 km).
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