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Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM294. Round cairns of this type were constructed during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods as burial monuments, typically comprising heaped stone covering a central grave or cremation deposit. The monument stands on bedrock of the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a Westphalian-age sequence of mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete that characterises the geology of this region.
The landscape in which Mynydd Maendy sits reflects the mineral-rich strata beneath, with ironstone and coal deposits having shaped both the prehistoric environment and later industrial history of South Wales. The underlying ferricrete deposits, formed through ancient weathering processes, would have been visible on the ground surface and potentially influenced the selection and availability of stone for cairn construction.
As a protected monument, Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn remains an important archaeological record of early funerary practice in prehistoric Wales. Its preservation allows study of burial customs and the use of the upland landscape during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.
Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM294. View the official record →
Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM294.
Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn 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 Maendy Round 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 GM294.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Round Barrows, Naboth's Vineyard (6 km), Ogof y Pebyll Cave (6.1 km), Cross in St Mary's Churchyard (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Mynydd Maendy Round 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.
Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.