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Latitude: 51.7207 / 51°43'14"N
Longitude: -3.5332 / 3°31'59"W
OS Eastings: 294190
OS Northings: 203549
OS Grid: SN941035
Mapcode National: GBR HG.2VBG
Mapcode Global: VH5GL.Q00S
Entry Name: Craig y Bwlch round cairn
Scheduled Date: 17 November 2003
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4011
Cadw Legacy ID: GM564
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Rhondda, Cynon, Taff (Rhondda Cynon Taf)
Community: Rhigos (Y Rhigos)
Traditional County: Glamorgan
The monument comprises the remains of a round cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC). It is situated within open moorland close to the edge of a north-east facing escarpment on Mynydd Bwllfa. The grass-covered cairn is circular on plan and measures 12m in diameter and up to 1m in height. There is a partially exposed cist in the centre of the cairn, presumably exposed as a result of antiquarian investigation. Several large kerb stones are also visible.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. 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 secondary burial and ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Source: Cadw
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