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Llanmadoc Hill is a Prehistoric round cairn situated at the western end of Llanmadoc Hill in the Gower Peninsula, Swansea. The monument dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period and served as a communal or individual burial structure, reflecting the ritual and funerary practices of Prehistoric Wales. The cairn comprises a mounded accumulation of stone, characteristic of funerary monuments constructed across Wales during the later Prehistoric periods. Its position on elevated terrain, typical of such burial monuments, would have made it a prominent landmark within the landscape and likely held significant ritual importance for the communities that constructed and used it.
Llanmadoc Hill, cairn on W end of is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM578. View the official record →
Llanmadoc Hill is a Prehistoric round cairn situated at the western end of Llanmadoc Hill in the Gower Peninsula, Swansea. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM578.
Llanmadoc Hill, cairn on W end of 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.
Llanmadoc Hill, cairn on W end of 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 GM578.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Castle Camp (4.8 km), Lewes Castle Promontory Fort (5.3 km), Thurba Camp (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Llanmadoc Hill, cairn on W end of'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.
Llanmadoc Hill, cairn on W end of stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.