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Llethyr Waun-lwyd ring cairn is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR367. Ring cairns are circular monuments constructed from stone, typically dating to the Bronze Age, and often served ceremonial or commemorative purposes within prehistoric communities. The monument sits upon bedrock comprising Ashgill Rocks, a geological formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have been exposed or readily accessible to the builders of the cairn.
The underlying geology of Ashgill Rocks, formed during the Ashgill period, provides an understanding of the landscape that Bronze Age communities inhabited and worked. The combination of softer mudstones and siltstones with more resistant sandstone layers would have offered varied stone suitable for cairn construction, though the precise building techniques and sourcing strategies employed at this specific site remain consistent with regional prehistoric practice.
As a protected monument, Llethyr Waun-lwyd ring cairn contributes to understanding Bronze Age ceremonial landscapes in Wales. The form and placement of ring cairns within their local topography often reflect deliberate choices by prehistoric peoples regarding visibility, accessibility and relationship to contemporary settlement patterns and natural features.
Llethyr Waun-lwyd ring cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR367. View the official record →
Llethyr Waun-lwyd ring cairn is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR367.
Llethyr Waun-lwyd 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.
Llethyr Waun-lwyd 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 BR367.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks SW of Church (4.6 km), Standing Stone SSE of Dol-y-Felin (5 km), Standing Stone NE of Capel Rhos (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Llethyr Waun-lwyd 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.
Llethyr Waun-lwyd ring cairn stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.