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Latitude: 51.7379 / 51°44'16"N
Longitude: -3.4196 / 3°25'10"W
OS Eastings: 302069
OS Northings: 205305
OS Grid: SO020053
Mapcode National: GBR HM.1LK6
Mapcode Global: VH6CX.PL13
Entry Name: Carn Pentyle-Hir & Adjacent Round Cairn
Scheduled Date: 13 June 1979
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 2291
Cadw Legacy ID: GM402
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful)
Community: Cyfarthfa
Traditional County: Glamorgan
The monument comprises the remains of two burial cairns, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC).
Cairn A - located on eastern end of ridge on open moorland. Measuring 6m in diameter by 0.6m high on east end. Old excavation hole in the centre and traces of a stone kerb.
Cairn B - located on the edge of the moorland plateau. Measuring c. 0.5m high with an underterminable diameter. It consists of a scatter of boulders with some kerb stones showing.
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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