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Round Cairn 460m S of Ty'n-y-Rhos is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales. The monument sits upon Llandovery Rocks, a bedrock formation of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate dating to the Llandovery period, which would have provided local stone suitable for cairn construction. Round cairns of this type typically served as burial monuments during the Bronze Age, though some may have earlier Neolithic origins.
The cairn's construction exploited the naturally fractured stone of its geological setting, allowing builders to gather material from the immediate landscape. The specific geology of this site—the durable sandstone and conglomerate—would have ensured the monument's structural longevity over millennia, helping preserve it to the present day.
The site is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments authority, under reference CD078, recognising its archaeological significance as a surviving example of Wales's prehistoric funerary and ceremonial monuments. Such cairns remain important sources of evidence for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and the societies that constructed them across upland Wales.
Round Cairn 460m S of Ty'n-y-Rhos is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD078. View the official record →
Round Cairn 460m S of Ty'n-y-Rhos is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD078.
Round Cairn 460m S of Ty'n-y-Rhos 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 460m S of Ty'n-y-Rhos 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 CD078.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen Clawdd-Mawr Defended Enclosure (3.5 km), Llan-Llyr Inscribed Stone (3.5 km), Castell Cwmere (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Cairn 460m S of Ty'n-y-Rhos'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 460m S of Ty'n-y-Rhos stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.