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Upper House round cairn is a Prehistoric funerary monument located in Radnorshire, Wales. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents a burial tradition characteristic of the second millennium BC, when such stone-built mounds were constructed to contain cremated or inhumed remains and mark the graves of significant individuals or families. The monument consists of a circular mound of stone, typical of round cairns found across upland Wales and the broader Bronze Age landscape of Britain. Such cairns served both as permanent memorials to the dead and as territorial markers within the Bronze Age settlement pattern, contributing to understanding of funerary practice and social organisation during the prehistoric period.
Upper House round cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD223. View the official record →
Upper House round cairn is a Prehistoric funerary monument located in Radnorshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD223.
Upper House round cairns 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.
Upper House round cairns 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 RD223.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwmblaenerw House Platforms (6.2 km), Builth Castle (6.8 km), Aberedw Hill Deserted Rural Settlement (7 km).
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