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Latitude: 51.5642 / 51°33'51"N
Longitude: -3.4713 / 3°28'16"W
OS Eastings: 298115
OS Northings: 186063
OS Grid: SS981860
Mapcode National: GBR HJ.DRL2
Mapcode Global: VH5H6.SY77
Entry Name: Mynydd Maendy Round Cairn
Scheduled Date:
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 2271
Cadw Legacy ID: GM294
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Bridgend (Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr)
Community: Coychurch Higher (Llangrallo Uchaf)
Traditional County: Glamorgan
The monument comprises the remains a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is situated on the southern edge of the top of the ridge on open moorland. The round cairn is grass covered, conical with a flat top and measures 14m in diameter by 1.7m high.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. 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 burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Cairns may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can 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
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