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Moel y Llyn Cairn Cemetery is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Ceredigion, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference CD239. The site comprises a cemetery of cairns dating to the Bronze Age, representing an important burial ground from the second millennium BC. The monument exemplifies the funerary practices of prehistoric Welsh communities, with multiple stone cairns constructed to mark and contain burial deposits. The cemetery's position on elevated terrain reflects the deliberate siting of such monuments within the Bronze Age landscape of mid Wales.
Moel y Llyn Cairn Cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD239. View the official record →
Moel y Llyn Cairn Cemetery is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Ceredigion, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference CD239. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD239.
Moel y Llyn Cairn Cemetery dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a cairn cemetery. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Moel y Llyn Cairn Cemetery 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 CD239.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing Stone c. 500m SW of Llyn Pendam (7.9 km), Buwch a'r Llo Standing Stones (8.2 km), Nant Geifaes Cairn (8.4 km).
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