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Waun Tincer round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument sited on the Dinantian limestone bedrock of south Wales. The cairn is built from stone gathered locally from this limestone substrate, which also incorporates bands of sandstone and clay-rich rocks. As a round cairn, it represents a form of communal or individual burial practice widespread across upland Britain during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, when such monuments served as focal points for ritual and commemoration across the landscape.
The monument's location on high ground, typical of cairn placement, would have afforded visibility across the surrounding terrain. The choice of this particular limestone ridge reflects Bronze Age communities' preference for establishing burial cairns on prominent natural features, often re-using earlier Neolithic monuments or creating new ones in landscapes already marked by ancestral activity. The stony terrain of the Dinantian plateau provided abundant material for construction without requiring significant quarrying effort.
Waun Tincer round cairn is now protected by Cadw under the reference BR342, recognising its importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial practices in upland Wales. The monument contributes to our understanding of how Bronze Age populations utilised and marked the Welsh landscape, particularly the upland zones that formed important seasonal or permanent territories for pastoral communities.
Waun Tincer round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR342. View the official record →
Waun Tincer round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument sited on the Dinantian limestone bedrock of south Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR342.
Waun Tincer round cairn 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.
Waun Tincer round cairn 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 BR342.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Round Cairns on the Summit of Mynydd-y-Glog (6.4 km), Three Round Cairns on the Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog (7 km), Ring Cairn and Round Cairn on Southern Side of Mynydd-y-Glog (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Waun Tincer round cairn'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.
Waun Tincer round cairn stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.