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Pencraig y Pistyll Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CD250. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Llandovery formation, composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Llandovery period of the Ordovician era. This solid foundation would have provided a stable base for construction of the cairn structure.
Round cairns represent a major form of burial monument across Britain and Wales during the Bronze Age, typically built as rubble mounds raised over inhumed or cremated remains. The monument's form and location reflect patterns of prehistoric settlement and land use across the upland and marginal terrain where such monuments are frequently encountered. The Llandovery bedrock underlying the site is characteristic of much of the Welsh landscape.
Pencraig y Pistyll remains an important monument of the Bronze Age period, contributing to our understanding of burial practices and territorial organisation in prehistoric Wales. Its preservation under Cadw protection ensures continued opportunities for study and interpretation of this class of monument within its local geological and landscape context.
Pencraig y Pistill Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD250. View the official record →
Pencraig y Pistyll Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CD250.
Pencraig y Pistill 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.
Pencraig y Pistill 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 CD250.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llywernog Lead and Silver Mine (5.8 km), Hen Bont, Pont-Erwyd (6.5 km), Round Barrow SW of Pen-Rhiwlas (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pencraig y Pistill 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.
Pencraig y Pistill Round Cairn stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.