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Latitude: 51.9811 / 51°58'51"N
Longitude: -4.3326 / 4°19'57"W
OS Eastings: 239900
OS Northings: 233972
OS Grid: SN399339
Mapcode National: GBR DF.K7ZJ
Mapcode Global: VH3KW.VGDN
Entry Name: Carn Wen Round Barrow
Scheduled Date: 5 July 1951
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 2121
Cadw Legacy ID: CM111
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round barrow
Period: Prehistoric
County: Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
Community: Llangeler
Traditional County: Carmarthenshire
The monument comprises the remains of a round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located on a low summit towards the NE end of a ridge and overlooks the Afon Duad valley to the SE. The barrow is situated in a firebreak strip of rough moorland between two adjacent parcels of forestry plantation. The scrub-covered mound is circular in shape on plan and measures 20m in diameter. It is low and rounded in profile and measures 1m in height.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface. The importance of the monument is further enhanced by the group value it shares with adjacent barrows to the SW.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 30m in diameter.
Source: Cadw
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