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North Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr is a prehistoric round cairn located on the high moorland of Ceredigion, Wales. The monument dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary and ritual structure typical of this period in upland Wales. The cairn consists of a circular mound of stones accumulated over a central burial, demonstrating the landscape practices of Bronze Age communities in their use of elevated terrain for commemorative purposes. Such cairns served both as burial monuments and as visible markers of territorial identity within the prehistoric landscape.
North Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD036. View the official record →
North Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr is a prehistoric round cairn located on the high moorland of Ceredigion, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD036.
North Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
North Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr 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 CD036.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nant yr Helygen Deserted Rural Settlement (6.6 km), Esgair Naint Deserted Rural Settlement (7 km), Hen Bont, Pont-Erwyd (7.4 km).
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