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Pantcamddwr Ring Cairn is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales. The monument consists of a circular arrangement of stones characteristic of Neolithic and Bronze Age funerary practice, when such cairns served as communal or individual burial monuments. Ring cairns of this type typically comprise a central burial area surrounded by a concentric stone ring, though the internal arrangement varies considerably between examples.
The cairn is situated on bedrock of Llandovery Rocks, undifferentiated sandstone and conglomerate deposited during the Llandovery period of the Silurian geological system. This local geology would have provided ready access to stone suitable for cairn construction, a factor influencing the siting of many prehistoric monuments in upland Wales. The surrounding landscape and stone availability shaped both the monument's construction and its relationship to the wider environment.
Pantcamddwr Ring Cairn is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, under reference CD131. This statutory protection reflects the site's archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in Wales. The monument remains an important record of early pastoral communities and their ceremonial or burial traditions during the prehistoric period.
Pantcamddwr Ring Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD131. View the official record →
Pantcamddwr Ring Cairn is a prehistoric ring cairn located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD131.
Pantcamddwr 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 the UK.
Pantcamddwr 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 CD131.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ty'n-yr-Eithin Round Cairn (0.5 km), Hafod Ithel Deserted Rural Settlement (1.7 km), Enclosure on Banc Pwlldrainllwyn (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pantcamddwr Ring 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.
Pantcamddwr Ring Cairn stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.