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Round Cairn 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR104. The monument sits on bedrock of Lower Devonian age, comprising undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Early Devonian period. This geology provides the raw material from which the cairn's stones were gathered and built.
Round cairns of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, typically marking the graves of individuals of note within their communities. The circular mound of stones served both as a durable marker across the landscape and as a protective covering for the burial deposit beneath. The survival of such monuments depends largely on their construction and the local geology, which in this case provided suitable stone for building.
The cairn's position in the Welsh landscape reflects the settlement and burial patterns of Bronze Age communities. Its preservation as a scheduled monument recognises its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and social organisation. The site contributes to our understanding of how ancient peoples used the natural geology and topography of the Welsh countryside.
Round Cairn 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR104. View the official record →
Round Cairn 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR104.
Round Cairn 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin 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 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin 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 BR104.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell-Du, Sennybridge (6.6 km), Early Christian Inscribed Stone in Defynnog Church (7 km), Trecastle Mound and Bailey Castle (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Cairn 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin'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 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.