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Mynydd Myddfai ring cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. The monument consists of a circular arrangement of stones forming a ring cairn, a distinctive type of ceremonial burial structure characteristic of Wales and the British uplands. Such ring cairns typically enclosed central burial deposits and served as focal points for ritual activity within prehistoric communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of funerary practices and landscape use in prehistoric Carmarthenshire.
Mynydd Myddfai ring cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM346. View the official record →
Mynydd Myddfai ring cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM346.
Mynydd Myddfai 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 Britain.
Mynydd Myddfai 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 CM346.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garn Las platform cairn (5.5 km), Stone Setting on Waun Llwyd (5.7 km), Twyn yr Esgair Settlement (6.4 km).
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