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Ring Cairn on Waun Gunllwch is a prehistoric ritual and funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales. The site consists of a circular cairn of stacked stones arranged in a ring formation, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in upland Wales. Such monuments typically date to the second millennium BCE and served as focal points for communal ritual activity and the deposition of the dead. The ring cairn's position on open moorland reflects the Bronze Age use of these elevated landscapes for ceremonial purposes and reflects broader patterns of upland resource exploitation and social organisation during the prehistoric period.
Ring Cairn on Waun Gunllwch is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR181. View the official record →
Ring Cairn on Waun Gunllwch is a prehistoric ritual and funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR181.
Ring Cairn on Waun Gunllwch 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 on Waun Gunllwch 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 BR181.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twyn-y-Gaer (5.9 km), Moated Site E of Pont-y-Bat Wood (8.3 km), Moated Site 800m NE of Felinfach (8.5 km).
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