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Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE283. The monument sits on bedrock of Wenlock age sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded deposits that form part of the undifferentiated Wenlock Rocks geological sequence. This Silurian-period foundation provided both the raw stone for the cairn's construction and a naturally elevated site commanding views across the surrounding terrain.
Ring cairns are Bronze Age funerary monuments comprising a circular or subcircular bank of stones with an open central space, often marking burial sites or ceremonial grounds. At Hafotty Wen, the combination of exposed Wenlock bedrock and readily available stone fragments would have made this a practical location for such construction, whilst the geological prominence of the sandstone and conglomerate deposits may have held cultural significance for the communities that built the monument.
The site preserves evidence of prehistoric land use and funerary practice in the upland regions of Wales. The protection afforded by Cadw recognises its archaeological importance as a Bronze Age monument and its value in understanding settlement patterns and ritual activity across the Welsh landscape during prehistory.
Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE283. View the official record →
Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE283.
Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hafotty Wen Ring 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 DE283.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ffridd Brynhelen Enclosures & Fields (1.7 km), Cae Ddunod Camp (1.9 km), Tyddyn Tudur Enclosure (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.