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Gelligaer Common Round Cairns is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on Gelligaer Common in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales. The site comprises round cairns constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such monuments served important funerary and ritual functions for local communities. These cairns, built from stone, represent the burial practices and religious beliefs of Bronze Age peoples in South Wales. The monument is recorded in the Cadw schedule of ancient monuments, reflecting its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric mortuary ritual and social organisation in the region.
Gelligaer Common Round Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM220. View the official record →
Gelligaer Common Round Cairns is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on Gelligaer Common in the County Borough of Caerphilly, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM220.
Gelligaer Common Round Cairns dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Gelligaer Common Round Cairns 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 GM220.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Capel Gwladys (3.1 km), Tir Lan round barrow cemetery (3.4 km), Fforest Gwladys Roman practice camp (3.6 km).
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