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Ring Cairn E of Ffridd Camen is a prehistoric ring cairn situated in Wales on bedrock of Caradoc Rocks, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Caradocian period. The monument consists of a circular or sub-circular arrangement of stones, a characteristic form of Bronze Age funerary architecture found across upland Britain. Ring cairns typically enclosed burial deposits or cremated remains within their stone rings, often serving as focal points for ritual activity on the landscape.
The site's location on undifferentiated Caradoc bedrock places it within a geology typical of Welsh uplands, where such Ordovician rocks provided the raw material for cairn construction. The surrounding terrain would have influenced settlement patterns and land use in prehistory, with upland areas like this often chosen for burial monuments that remained visible landmarks for subsequent generations.
The cairn is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage monuments service, under reference ME147, ensuring its preservation as an important record of prehistoric funerary practice and Bronze Age use of the Welsh landscape.
Ring Cairn E of Ffridd Camen is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME147. View the official record →
Ring Cairn E of Ffridd Camen is a prehistoric ring cairn situated in Wales on bedrock of Caradoc Rocks, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Caradocian period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME147.
Ring Cairn E of Ffridd Camen 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 E of Ffridd Camen 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 ME147.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwm Rhiwiau Stone Circle (4.1 km), Rhos-y-Beddau Stone Circle, Avenue and Cairn (4.4 km), Afon Disgynfa Cairn (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ring Cairn E of Ffridd Camen'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.
Ring Cairn E of Ffridd Camen stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.