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Three Round Cairns on the Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Glamorgan, Wales. The site comprises three round cairns positioned on the southern slopes of the hill, typical of the burial practices that characterised the Bronze Age in Wales. These cairns would have served as communal or individual burial monuments, reflecting the ritual and ceremonial importance of elevated landscape positions during the prehistoric period. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM GM525, recognising its archaeological significance and preserved state as evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the region.
Three Round Cairns on the Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM525. View the official record →
Three Round Cairns on the Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Glamorgan, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM525.
Three Round Cairns on the Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog 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.
Three Round Cairns on the Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog 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 GM525.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gadlys Ironworks (Remains of Blast Furnace) (5.5 km), Rhondda Fach Cairn (6.9 km), Darren Fawr Round Cairns (7.8 km).
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