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Gelligaer Common Round Cairns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Gelligaer Common in Caerphilly County Borough, Wales. The site comprises round cairns typical of Bronze Age burial practices in South Wales, constructed from stone to cover and mark burial deposits. These monuments represent an important phase of ritual funerary practice in the region during the second and early first millennia before Christ. The cairns form part of a wider landscape of Bronze Age religious and ritual activity documented across the South Welsh uplands.
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 funerary monument located on Gelligaer Common in Caerphilly County Borough, 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 the UK.
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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