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Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork is a Prehistoric round barrow located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM GM288) by Cadw. The monument consists of a circular cairn constructed from stone, characteristic of burial monuments erected during the Bronze Age, when such barrows served as focal points for communal or elite interment and wider ceremonial landscape activity. The site retains its earthwork elements, indicating that despite the passage of millennia, the basic structural form of the mound remains visible in the modern topography. Such cairns represent significant evidence for Prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in Welsh upland regions.
Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM288. View the official record →
Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork is a Prehistoric round barrow located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM GM288) by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM288.
Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Graig-y-Gilfach round cairn and earthwork 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 GM288.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhos-Gwawr cairn cemetery (4.5 km), Remains of Iron Furnace at Cwmaman (4.7 km), Ring Cairn 350m W of Penrhiw Caradoc, Llanwonno (5.5 km).
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