This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help.
We don't have any photos of this monument yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
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.
Latitude: 52.2818 / 52°16'54"N
Longitude: -3.5777 / 3°34'39"W
OS Eastings: 292466
OS Northings: 266026
OS Grid: SN924660
Mapcode National: GBR 9F.Y9T4
Mapcode Global: VH5CN.XXY4
Entry Name: Glog Fawr Platform Cairn
Scheduled Date: 13 January 2003
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 3926
Cadw Legacy ID: RD201
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Platform Cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Powys
Community: Rhayader (Rhaeadr Gwy)
Traditional County: Radnorshire
The monument comprises the remains of a round platform cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and measures 6.4m in diameter and stands to a height of 0.5m. Along its southern edge, the heap of stones making up the body of the cairn is held in place by a kerb of three upright slabs of stone about 0.3m in height. In the centre of the cairn are the remains of a stone box or cist".
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
Source: Cadw
Other nearby scheduled monuments