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Mynydd Ton Cairns is a round cairn located in Wales, dating to the prehistoric period and serving ritual and funerary functions for Bronze Age communities. The monument consists of a circular stone mound constructed as a burial structure, characteristic of the funerary practices employed during the Bronze Age in Wales. Such cairns typically contained cremated or inhumed remains and occasionally grave goods, reflecting the ceremonial importance placed upon the dead within prehistoric society. The site is recorded under Cadw's schedule of ancient monuments as SAM GM540, indicating its recognised archaeological significance as a key resource for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and ritual landscapes in the Welsh archaeological record.
Mynydd Ton Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM540. View the official record →
Mynydd Ton Cairns is a round cairn located in Wales, dating to the prehistoric period and serving ritual and funerary functions for Bronze Age communities. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM540.
Mynydd Ton Cairns 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 Ton Cairns 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 GM540.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mynydd y Gelli kerb cairn (2.8 km), Carn y Hyrddod & Neighbouring Cairn (2.8 km), Cairn Lwyd (4.7 km).
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