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Garn Wen round cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales. The site consists of a circular cairn constructed from stone, typical of burial structures erected during the Bronze Age period across Wales and the broader British Isles. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's protection, it represents an important element of the prehistoric ritual and funerary landscape of the Brecon Beacons region. The monument's survival to the present day provides evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and the distribution of such structures across upland areas of mid-Wales.
Garn Wen round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR364. View the official record →
Garn Wen round cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR364.
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 the UK.
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 BR364.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Abererbwll Roman fort (4.5 km), Stone Circle 200m SW of Cerrig Cynant (4.7 km), Bryn-Poeth-Uchaf, ring cairn to ESE of (4.9 km).
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