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Latitude: 52.084 / 52°5'2"N
Longitude: -3.7541 / 3°45'14"W
OS Eastings: 279904
OS Northings: 244301
OS Grid: SN799443
Mapcode National: GBR Y6.BTQF
Mapcode Global: VH5DJ.WW78
Entry Name: Bryn-Poeth-Uchaf, ring cairn to NE of
Scheduled Date: 11 March 2005
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4146
Cadw Legacy ID: CM344
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Ring cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
Community: Llanfair-ar-y-bryn
Traditional County: Carmarthenshire
The monument comprises the remains of a ring cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within enclosed pasture on the SW-facing slopes of Mynydd Trawsnant, above Cerrig Cynnant. The well-preserved ring cairn is circular on plan and measures about 9m in diameter within a grass-covered stony ring bank about 1.5m in thickness and up to 0.2m in height. The interior is level and largely stone free. The ring cairn is situated in a classic location, with wide views all around, except to the N where it is overlooked by higher ground.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 22m in diameter.
Source: Cadw
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