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Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir is a prehistoric stone circle situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR068. The monument comprises a circle of upright stones with an associated round cairn, both typical of ceremonial and burial sites constructed during the Bronze Age. The stones are positioned upon Lower Devonian bedrock composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Early Devonian period, geology that would have been readily available locally for construction and cairn building.
The site's foundation upon Lower Devonian rocks reflects the prehistoric builders' practical engagement with the landscape's natural stone resources. Such combinations of stone circle and cairn often served ritual and funerary purposes, marking places of communal significance within their Bronze Age communities. The upright stones would have been carefully selected and positioned to create a ceremonial focus, whilst the cairn represents the accumulation of stone marking burial or ritual deposit.
The monument survives today as a record of Bronze Age ritual practice and landscape use in Wales. Its protection under Cadw ensures the preservation of this archaeological evidence, allowing future study of the site's construction, chronology and cultural context within prehistoric Welsh communities.
Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR068. View the official record →
Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir is a prehistoric stone circle situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR068.
Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a stone circle. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir 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 BR068.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Cairn 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin (3.3 km), Enclosure 500m W of Dixies Corner (5.3 km), Round Barrow SE of Llyn Nant-Llys (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir'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.
Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.