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Y Garn Ring Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age ring cairn located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The monument consists of a circular or oval arrangement of stones forming a ring, a characteristic form of cairn construction found across Britain during the prehistoric period. Such ring cairns typically served ritual, ceremonial, or funerary purposes, often associated with burial practices or sacred gathering places. The site is recorded in the Cadw monument register as SAM CM229 and remains an important example of prehistoric ritual architecture within the Welsh landscape.
Y Garn Ring Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM229. View the official record →
Y Garn Ring Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age ring cairn located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM229.
Y Garn Ring Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Y Garn Ring 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 CM229.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carreg Castell-y-Gwynt Burial Chamber (1 km), Dyffryn Camp (4.8 km), Llech Ciste Standing Stone (5.4 km).
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