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Southernmost Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr is a round cairn of prehistoric date located on the high moorland of Ceredigion, Wales. The monument forms part of a cairn field in this upland landscape and functioned as a burial or ritual monument during the Bronze Age or earlier prehistoric period. The cairn survives as a stone mound constructed from accumulated rocks, characteristic of funerary monuments erected across Welsh uplands during the second and third millennia before the present era. Its positioning within a wider cairn complex reflects the ceremonial and mortuary significance attached to this exposed ridge location by prehistoric communities.
Southernmost Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD150. View the official record →
Southernmost Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr is a round cairn of prehistoric date located on the high moorland of Ceredigion, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD150.
Southernmost Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr 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.
Southernmost Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr 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 CD150.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nant yr Helygen Deserted Rural Settlement (6.4 km), Esgair Naint Deserted Rural Settlement (6.8 km), Hen Bont, Pont-Erwyd (7.2 km).
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