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Ring Cairn and Round Cairn on Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog is a pair of prehistoric funerary monuments located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference GM524. The site comprises a ring cairn and an associated round cairn, both of which date to the Bronze Age and represent important evidence of ritual and funerary practice during that period. These cairns would have functioned as burial structures and ritual centres for the communities that constructed them, reflecting the social organisation and religious beliefs of Bronze Age Wales. The monuments survive as upstanding earthwork remains on the southern slopes of Mynydd-y-Glog, contributing to the broader landscape of prehistoric ceremonial and burial sites in the region.
Ring Cairn and Round Cairn on Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM524. View the official record →
Ring Cairn and Round Cairn on Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog is a pair of prehistoric funerary monuments located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference GM524. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM524.
Ring Cairn and Round Cairn on Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog 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.
Ring Cairn and Round Cairn on Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog 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 GM524.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace) (5.7 km), Rhondda Fach Cairn (6.3 km), Castell Nos (7.9 km).
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