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Mynydd Llangorse is a prehistoric round cairn located at the southern end of Mynydd Llangorse in Breconshire, Wales. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents the ritual and funerary practices of prehistoric Wales, serving as a burial structure within the upland landscape of the Brecon Beacons region. As a round cairn, the site would have originally comprised a substantial pile of stones constructed over a burial deposit or cremation, typical of funerary monuments erected during the Bronze Age period. The monument is recorded under Cadw's national monument schedule as SAM BR309 and remains an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric death ritual and land use in the mountainous regions of south Wales.
Mynydd Llangorse, cairn on S end of is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR309. View the official record →
Mynydd Llangorse is a prehistoric round cairn located at the southern end of Mynydd Llangorse in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR309.
Mynydd Llangorse, cairn on S 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.
Mynydd Llangorse, cairn on S 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 BR309.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twyn Disgwylfa platform cairn (7.9 km), Carreg Waun Llech Prehistoric Standing Stone (8.2 km), Carreg Wen Fawr y Rugos cairn cemetery (8.4 km).
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