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Two Burnt Mounds 350m W of Cwrtbrynbeirdd is a prehistoric burnt mound located in Wales. The monument comprises two separate mounds formed from heat-fractured stone, a characteristic feature of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement sites. Such mounds typically accumulated through repeated episodes of heating and cooling when stones were used to boil water in nearby troughs, likely for cooking, brewing, or processing purposes.
The site sits upon Lower Devonian bedrock of sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded formations that underlie this part of Wales. The geology would have provided accessible stone resources suitable for the activities that generated the mounds, and the underlying strata reflect the ancient depositional environment of this region during the Early Devonian period.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the historic monuments service of Wales, under reference number CM287. This designation recognises the archaeological significance of the site as evidence of prehistoric economic and domestic activity. Burnt mounds remain important archaeological features for understanding settlement patterns and technological practices during the later prehistoric period in Britain.
Two Burnt Mounds 350m W of Cwrtbrynbeirdd is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM287. View the official record →
Two Burnt Mounds 350m W of Cwrtbrynbeirdd is a prehistoric burnt mound located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM287.
Two Burnt Mounds 350m W of Cwrtbrynbeirdd dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a burnt mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Two Burnt Mounds 350m W of Cwrtbrynbeirdd 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 CM287.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tair Carn Isaf Cairns (2.2 km), Banc Crucorford round cairn (2.3 km), Group of Burnt Mounds 300m SSW of Cilcoll Farm (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Two Burnt Mounds 350m W of Cwrtbrynbeirdd'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.
Two Burnt Mounds 350m W of Cwrtbrynbeirdd stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.