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Wern Frank Wood round cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Bronze Age. The cairn represents a burial tradition characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when such stone-built mounds were constructed to mark the graves of the dead and served as focal points for ritual activity. The monument's physical form consists of a circular mound of stones, typical of round cairn construction in Wales during this era. As a scheduled monument under Cadw protection, it remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in the Brecon Beacons region.
Wern Frank Wood round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR319. View the official record →
Wern Frank Wood round cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR319.
Wern Frank Wood 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.
Wern Frank Wood 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 BR319.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen Allt-mawr platform cairn (8.9 km), Pen Tir, cairn on S end of (9 km), Coed y Gaer (9.3 km).
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