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Y Garn Round Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Ceredigion, Wales. The cairn comprises a circular mound of stones constructed as a burial structure, characteristic of prehistoric ritual and funerary practice in Wales during the later Neolithic or Bronze Age periods. The monument is recorded and protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the Cadw designation SAM CD216, reflecting its significance to understanding prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in the Ceredigion region. Such cairns typically served communal or family burial functions and represent important archaeological evidence of prehistoric religious and ritual behaviour in prehistoric Wales.
Y Garn Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD216. View the official record →
Y Garn Round Cairn is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Ceredigion, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD216.
Y Garn 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.
Y Garn 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 CD216.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nantymaen Standing Stone (3.8 km), Cefncerrig Round Cairn (4.2 km), Blaen Brefi Longhouses (5.8 km).
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