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Round Cairn 648m NE of Tan-y-Foel is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE157. The monument occupies ground underlain by Wenlock Rocks, a mixed sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Wenlock period. This geology is characteristic of the Welsh borderlands and would have presented a stable foundation for cairn construction, with stone readily available from surface outcrops and weathered debris across the landscape.
Round cairns of this type were typically constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, their substantial stone mounds serving as territorial markers and ritual centres for local communities. The building of such monuments reflects established funerary practices and social organisation within prehistoric Welsh societies. The size and form of the cairn would have been determined by available materials and the status or significance accorded to those interred within it.
The monument survives as a landscape feature whose original extent and internal structures may have been modified by agricultural activity and natural erosion over the intervening millennia. The cairn's location and preservation status make it an important record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in this region of Wales. Cadw's protection ensures the monument remains available for archaeological study and public appreciation.
Round Cairn 648m NE of Tan-y-Foel is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE157. View the official record →
Round Cairn 648m NE of Tan-y-Foel is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE157.
Round Cairn 648m NE of Tan-y-Foel 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 648m NE of Tan-y-Foel 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 DE157.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gorsedd Bran Round Barrows (5.5 km), Ffrith-Uchaf Round Cairn (6.2 km), Nant Heilyn Stone Setting (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Cairn 648m NE of Tan-y-Foel'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 648m NE of Tan-y-Foel stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.