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Y Garn Ring Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The site comprises a ring cairn, a form of ritual or burial structure characteristic of prehistoric Wales, consisting of a circular or near-circular arrangement of stones. Ring cairns of this type typically date to the late Neolithic or Bronze Age periods and served functions relating to burial practice and ritual activity. The monument is recorded in the Cadw heritage register as SAM CM229 and represents an important element of the prehistoric ceremonial landscape of the region.
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 funerary monument 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 Britain.
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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