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Mynydd Pen-cyrn round cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference BR360. The cairn represents a form of burial practice common across upland areas of Wales during the Bronze Age period, when such stone-built mounds served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains alongside grave goods. The monument survives as a substantial mound of accumulated stone, typical of round cairn construction, and contributes to the archaeological landscape of the Brecon Beacons region where such Bronze Age monuments cluster in significant numbers. Its upland location reflects settlement and burial patterns of prehistoric communities who utilised moorland environments for ritual and funerary purposes.
Mynydd Pen-cyrn round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR360. View the official record →
Mynydd Pen-cyrn round cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference BR360. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR360.
Mynydd Pen-cyrn 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 Britain.
Mynydd Pen-cyrn 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 BR360.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline (6.5 km), Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon (6.8 km), Garn Road Powder House 300m ENE of Ashgrove Bungalow (7 km).
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