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Mynydd Bychan platform cairn is a Neolithic ritual monument located in Breconshire, Wales, comprising a substantial platform structure with associated cairn material. The site represents an important example of Neolithic funerary and ceremonial architecture characteristic of upland Wales during the fourth and third millennia BC. The platform cairn form suggests its construction and use for ritual practices and burial rites typical of early Neolithic communities in the region. The monument is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference SAM BR320 by Cadw, reflecting its archaeological and historical significance.
Mynydd Bychan platform cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR320. View the official record →
Mynydd Bychan platform cairn is a Neolithic ritual monument located in Breconshire, Wales, comprising a substantial platform structure with associated cairn material. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR320.
Mynydd Bychan platform cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a platform cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Mynydd Bychan platform 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 BR320.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Inscribed Stone in Church (8.3 km), Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw (8.7 km), Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, platform cairn on S end of (8.8 km).
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