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Latitude: 51.9225 / 51°55'20"N
Longitude: -3.8133 / 3°48'47"W
OS Eastings: 275398
OS Northings: 226436
OS Grid: SN753264
Mapcode National: GBR Y3.P4RC
Mapcode Global: VH4HT.VYF3
Entry Name: Cilgerddan ring cairn
Scheduled Date: 17 September 2004
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4108
Cadw Legacy ID: CM329
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Ring cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
Community: Llanddeusant
Traditional County: Carmarthenshire
The monument comprises the remains of a large ring cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within open moorland just below the summit of a locally prominent hill. The monument is situated on an E-facing terrace. The grass-covered ring cairn is circular on plan and measures about 50m in diameter within a stony ring bank spread to about 4m in thickness and up to 0.2m in height. The interior of the ring cairn is level.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape, retaining significant archaeological potential.
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 60m in diameter.
Source: Cadw
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