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Latitude: 52.6853 / 52°41'7"N
Longitude: -3.5198 / 3°31'11"W
OS Eastings: 297364
OS Northings: 310822
OS Grid: SH973108
Mapcode National: GBR 9J.3S38
Mapcode Global: WH685.XR3Q
Entry Name: Boncyn y Llwyn round cairn
Scheduled Date: 7 June 2001
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4377
Cadw Legacy ID: MG268
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Powys
Community: Banwy
Traditional County: Montgomeryshire
The monument comprises the remains a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and measuring 10m in diameter by 0.4m high.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value. The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is a square measuring 30m x 30m.
Source: Cadw
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