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Two Cairns North of Plasnewydd is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE272. The monument sits upon bedrock of Ludlow age, composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits that form the underlying geology of this upland location. Round cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments, their stone construction allowing them to survive millennia in the Welsh landscape.
The cairn's position on Ludlow bedrock, with its mixed sedimentary geology, reflects the broader landscape character of prehistoric Wales. The stony soils derived from these rocks would have supported Bronze Age communities engaged in pastoral and agricultural activities. The survival of two distinct cairns at this site suggests a concentration of burial activity or a family burial ground established during the Bronze Age period.
The monument remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns in Wales. Its protected status reflects the significance of such cairns in understanding Bronze Age funerary practices, social organisation and land use. The site contributes to the archaeological evidence for how prehistoric communities utilised and marked the Welsh landscape, with cairn cemeteries providing insight into patterns of settlement and territorial behaviour across these upland regions.
Two Cairns North of Plasnewydd is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE272. View the official record →
Two Cairns North of Plasnewydd is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE272.
Two Cairns North of Plasnewydd 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.
Two Cairns North of Plasnewydd 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 DE272.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-plaenau cairns and standing stone (5.1 km), Pen-plaenau Roman marching camp (5.3 km), Bryn Du cairn (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Two Cairns North of Plasnewydd'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 Cairns North of Plasnewydd stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.