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Latitude: 51.7286 / 51°43'42"N
Longitude: -3.7771 / 3°46'37"W
OS Eastings: 277360
OS Northings: 204811
OS Grid: SN773048
Mapcode National: GBR H4.26NB
Mapcode Global: VH5G8.HT17
Entry Name: Mynydd March Hywel Round Cairn
Scheduled Date: 26 July 1999
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 1600
Cadw Legacy ID: GM531
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round cairn
Period: Prehistoric
County: Neath Port Talbot (Castell-nedd Port Talbot)
Community: Crynant (Y Creunant)
Traditional County: Glamorgan
The monument comprises the remains of a burial cairn, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairn measures c. 12m in diameter and c. 1.5m high. Constructed from local limestone, the centre of the cairn has been robbed-out in antiquity.
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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