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Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference BR184. The monument stands upon bedrock of Ashgill composition, a Silurian-period formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that outcrops widely across the region. This geological foundation would have presented particular challenges to the monument's builders, who selected this exposed location for reasons that likely combined practical accessibility with territorial or ceremonial significance.
The cairn exemplifies the simple stone-heap funerary and ritual monuments characteristic of Bronze Age communities across upland Britain. Built from stones gathered across the surrounding landscape, such cairns typically marked the burial sites of individuals of status within their communities. The undifferentiated Ashgill rocks forming the local bedrock would have provided readily available stone for construction, though the cairn's builders may equally have selected and transported stones for their size and shape.
As a scheduled monument, the round cairn remains an important record of prehistoric settlement patterns and land use in its locality. Its position in the Welsh landscape contributes to our understanding of how Bronze Age communities organised themselves across terrain and integrated their ceremonial monuments into the wider topography of their world.
Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR184. View the official record →
Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference BR184.
Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn 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.
Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn 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 BR184.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-llys Earthwork (4.4 km), Cefn Ty-Mawr (4.6 km), Ringwork near Coed Ty-Mawr (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn'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.
Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.