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Pen Cerrig-calch cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located on the south side of Pen Cerrig-calch in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. The monument consists of a substantial mound of stone and earth, characteristic of burial cairns constructed during the later prehistoric era for funerary and ritual purposes. As a round cairn, it represents an important class of ceremonial monument that served as a focal point for communities engaged in ancestor veneration and the interment of their dead. The site is statutorily protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the Cadw designation SAM BR303, reflecting its significance to the archaeological and cultural heritage of the Brecon Beacons region.
Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR303. View the official record →
Pen Cerrig-calch cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located on the south side of Pen Cerrig-calch in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR303.
Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of 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.
Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of 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 BR303.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Waun Cyrn round cairn (7.7 km), Twr Pen-cyrn round cairns (7.9 km), Mynydd Pen-cyrn round cairn (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of'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.
Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.