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Gelli-Bwch Round Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference GM290. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents the burial practices characteristic of that period in Wales, when communities constructed substantial stone mounds to mark the graves of significant individuals or families. The monument survives as a round cairn, a distinctive form of burial structure composed of heaped stone, which would originally have been more substantial than its present appearance suggests. Such cairns frequently contained central burial chambers or cists and served both functional and symbolic purposes within Bronze Age ritual and religious life, marking important sites within the landscape and perpetuating communal memory of the deceased.
Gelli-Bwch Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM290. View the official record →
Gelli-Bwch Round Cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference GM290. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM290.
Gelli-Bwch 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.
Gelli-Bwch 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 GM290.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Margaret's Chapel (1.7 km), Remains of Brunel Dock, Briton Ferry (1.9 km), Craig Ty-Isaf Camp (3.8 km).
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