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Southernmost Cairn on Pen Plynlimon-Fawr is a Bronze Age round cairn located on the high moorland of Pen Plynlimon-Fawr in Ceredigion, Wales. The monument forms part of a cairn group on this elevated landscape and represents the funerary and ritual practices of prehistoric communities during the Bronze Age period. The cairn survives as a stone mound constructed from locally gathered material, characteristic of burial monuments erected across Wales during this era. Its placement within a cairn complex on open moorland reflects the deliberate positioning of such monuments in prominent landscape locations, suggesting their significance as enduring markers of burial and ceremonial activity.
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 Bronze Age round cairn located on the high moorland of Pen Plynlimon-Fawr in 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 Britain.
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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