© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Cadw
Round Cairn with Cist on Mynydd Drumau is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under reference Cadw SAM GM387. The cairn comprises a circular mound of stones constructed during the Bronze Age, containing a stone cist burial chamber typical of interment practices in this period. Such monuments served as focal points for ritual activity and the commemoration of the deceased within prehistoric communities. The survival of both the cairn structure and internal cist provides archaeological evidence for funerary customs and social organisation during the Bronze Age in Wales.
Round Cairn with Cist on Mynydd Drumau is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM387. View the official record →
Round Cairn with Cist on Mynydd Drumau is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under reference Cadw SAM GM387. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM387.
Round Cairn with Cist on Mynydd Drumau dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Round Cairn with Cist on Mynydd Drumau 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 GM387.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Margaret's Chapel (6.7 km), Remains of Brunel Dock, Briton Ferry (6.9 km), Mynydd y Gaer (Lower) Camp (7.4 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Round Cairn with Cist on Mynydd Drumau