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Gwernfach round cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Radnorshire, Wales. The cairn consists of a circular mound of stones constructed to cover and commemorate one or more burials, representing a widespread tradition of ritual monument building in prehistoric Britain. Such round cairns served as lasting markers of burial sites and may have functioned as focal points for community ritual activity across multiple generations. The monument is recorded in the Cadw scheduling database as a nationally important archaeological site, preserving evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and landscape use in the Welsh uplands.
Gwernfach round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD227. View the official record →
Gwernfach round cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Radnorshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD227.
Gwernfach 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.
Gwernfach 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 RD227.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aberedw Hill Deserted Rural Settlement (7 km), Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural Settlement (7.2 km), Aberedw Hill Round Barrows (7.4 km).
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