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Carn Fach, Esgair Wen

A Scheduled Monument in Llangurig, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.3991 / 52°23'56"N

Longitude: -3.6812 / 3°40'52"W

OS Eastings: 285714

OS Northings: 279230

OS Grid: SN857792

Mapcode National: GBR 99.PVR1

Mapcode Global: VH5C1.4YSQ

Entry Name: Carn Fach, Esgair Wen

Scheduled Date:

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2992

Cadw Legacy ID: MG088

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Round cairn

Period: Prehistoric

County: Powys

Community: Llangurig

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Description

The monument comprises the remains a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). Carn Fach comprises a round cairn with a diameter of c. 12m x 9.5m. A fence crosses the cairn, obviously disturbed. A rectangular shelter measuring c. 5m x 3m and built from cairn stones, stands c.3m to NE.

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.

Source: Cadw

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