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Pant Madog round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR341. The cairn was constructed from stone gathered from the local landscape and built upon bedrock of Lower Devonian rocks, consisting of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Early Devonian period. This geological foundation has shaped both the character of the surrounding terrain and the materials available to its builders.
Round cairns of this type were typically constructed during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods as burial monuments, often serving as focal points within the wider prehistoric landscape. The stone-built structure would have been a durable marker of significant social and ritual importance to the communities who built it. Over millennia, the monument has become an archaeological resource that reveals information about prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns in Wales.
The monument's preservation as a scheduled site reflects its value to understanding prehistoric Wales. The specific geological context of Devonian rocks underpinning the site contributes to our understanding of how prehistoric communities adapted to and utilised their local environment when constructing their most enduring monuments.
Pant Madog round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR341. View the official record →
Pant Madog round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR341.
Pant Madog 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.
Pant Madog 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 BR341.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Troed Rhiw Wen Prehistoric Standing Stone (4.5 km), Garn Las ring cairn (5.3 km), Garn Las platform cairn (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pant Madog 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.
Pant Madog round cairn stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.