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Prehistoric Rock Art on Mynydd Eglwysilan Common is a Bronze Age ritual and funerary monument located in Glamorgan, Wales, and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference GM628. The site comprises cup marked stones, a form of rock art created by the deliberate percussion of shallow cupules into the stone surface, a practice characteristic of Bronze Age ritual activity in Britain. Such cup marked rocks are thought to have served ceremonial or religious purposes within Bronze Age communities, though their precise functions remain contested among archaeologists. The monument represents an important example of prehistoric rock art in South Wales and contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age ritual practices and land use in the region.
Prehistoric Rock Art on Mynydd Eglwysilan Common is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM628. View the official record →
Prehistoric Rock Art on Mynydd Eglwysilan Common is a Bronze Age ritual and funerary monument located in Glamorgan, Wales, and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference GM628. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM628.
Prehistoric Rock Art on Mynydd Eglwysilan Common dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a cup marked stone. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Prehistoric Rock Art on Mynydd Eglwysilan Common 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 GM628.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tomen y Clawdd (6 km), The Pottery, Nantgarw (6.9 km), Tarren Deusant Sculptured Rock & Spring (7.6 km).
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