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Bodvoc Stone is a prehistoric ring cairn situated on the South Wales coalfield, where the underlying bedrock of the Upper Coal Measures Formation comprises mudstone, siltstone, sandstone and bands of coal and ironstone. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage agency, under reference GM443.
Ring cairns are circular monuments of Neolithic and Bronze Age date, constructed from heaped stones arranged in ring form. This site exemplifies the practice of communal or ritual monument building across upland and moorland terrain in prehistoric Wales. The dark, weathered stone composition visible across the surrounding landscape reflects the ironstone-rich geology of the coal measures, stone that would have been readily available to prehistoric builders working this terrain.
The monument's survival on this industrialised coalfield landscape is notable; the upper Coal Measures Formation, dating to the Westphalian period, has shaped both the archaeology and the modern character of South Wales. The Bodvoc Stone cairn testifies to human activity and ceremonial practice long before the industrial era transformed the region's surface, preserving evidence of prehistoric settlement and belief systems within one of Britain's most geologically distinctive areas.
Site of Bodvoc Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM443. View the official record →
Bodvoc Stone is a prehistoric ring cairn situated on the South Wales coalfield, where the underlying bedrock of the Upper Coal Measures Formation comprises mudstone, siltstone, sandstone and bands of coal and ironstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM443.
Site of Bodvoc Stone dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Site of Bodvoc Stone 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 GM443.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Cribwr Ironworks (5.7 km), Sculptured Cross Llanmihangel Farm (6.1 km), Pen-y-Castell Camp (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Site of Bodvoc Stone'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.
Site of Bodvoc Stone stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.