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Pen Tir Ring Cairn and Ritual Platform

A Scheduled Monument in Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine (Llanfihangel Cwm Du gyda Bwlch a Chathedin), Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.9242 / 51°55'26"N

Longitude: -3.2072 / 3°12'25"W

OS Eastings: 317080

OS Northings: 225760

OS Grid: SO170257

Mapcode National: GBR YX.NYYD

Mapcode Global: VH6C2.CWBT

Entry Name: Pen Tir Ring Cairn and Ritual Platform

Scheduled Date: 23 July 2002

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 3889

Cadw Legacy ID: BR291

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Ring cairn

Period: Prehistoric

County: Powys

Community: Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine (Llanfihangel Cwm Du gyda Bwlch a Chathedin)

Traditional County: Brecknockshire

Description

The monument comprises the remains of a ring cairn of earth and stone, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is visible as a circular bank of turf covered stones some 8.5m in diameter and 0.5m high. The ring cairn is conjoined to the south-west by a roughly semi-circular rubble platform, measuring 4m wide and 0.5m high. The site is marked, and partially overlain, by a modern walkers' cairn some 3m in diameter and 1.2m high.

The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Ring 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. It is circular and measures 16m in diameter, centred on the walkers cairn.

Source: Cadw

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