Ancient Monuments

History on the Ground

This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help.

Carnau'r Gareg Las

A Scheduled Monument in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)

We don't have any photos of this monument yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?

Upload Photo »

Approximate Location Map
Large Map »

If Google Street View is available, the image is from the best available vantage point looking, if possible, towards the location of the monument. Where it is not available, the satellite view is shown instead.

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8679 / 51°52'4"N

Longitude: -3.7771 / 3°46'37"W

OS Eastings: 277740

OS Northings: 220306

OS Grid: SN777203

Mapcode National: GBR Y5.SFRP

Mapcode Global: VH5FP.H92X

Entry Name: Carnau'r Gareg Las

Scheduled Date: 25 June 1993

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 419

Cadw Legacy ID: CM258

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Round cairn

Period: Prehistoric

County: Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)

Community: Llangadog

Traditional County: Carmarthenshire

Description

The monument comprises the remains of a pair of stone built cairns which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and which are situated on a the summit of Garreg Las above Twyn Swnd. The northern cairn is circular in plan and measures 15m in diameter and up to c 2m high. It is flat-topped and has a central depression measuring approximately 6m by 5m by 1m in depth. The southern cairn lies 30m to the south of the first, is circular in plan and measures 15m in diameter and up to 2.3mhigh having a circular depression in the centre approximately 6m in diameter and 1m in depth.

The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. The cairns are the easternmost in a line extending along the summits of Mynydd Ddu and their importance is 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

Other nearby scheduled monuments

AncientMonuments.uk is an independent online resource and is not associated with any government department. All government data published here is used under licence. Please do not contact AncientMonuments.uk for any queries related to any individual ancient or schedued monument, planning permission related to scheduled monuments or the scheduling process itself.

AncientMonuments.uk is a Good Stuff website.