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Two Cairns on Fan Foel is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn situated on elevated moorland in Breconshire, Wales. The monument comprises two distinct stone mounds, representing a funerary and ritual site characteristic of prehistoric burial practice in upland Wales. The cairns form part of a wider ritual landscape of cairnwork found across the Brecon Beacons region, where such monuments served as communal or individual burial deposits and would have functioned as prominent territorial markers within the prehistoric settlement pattern. The site's position on exposed moorland reflects the prehistoric use of high ground for mortuary monuments of ceremonial importance.
Two Cairns on Fan Foel is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR275. View the official record →
Two Cairns on Fan Foel is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn situated on elevated moorland in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR275.
Two Cairns on Fan Foel 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 on Fan Foel 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 BR275.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craig-y-Rhiwarth Hillfort (6.7 km), Saith Maen (6.7 km), Hut Circle West of Saith Maen (7 km).
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