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Latitude: 52.0355 / 52°2'7"N
Longitude: -3.5351 / 3°32'6"W
OS Eastings: 294794
OS Northings: 238563
OS Grid: SN947385
Mapcode National: GBR YH.FV24
Mapcode Global: VH5F1.P30F
Entry Name: Twyn Cerrig-Cadarn Round Cairn
Scheduled Date:
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 1750
Cadw Legacy ID: BR105
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round barrow
Period: Prehistoric
County: Powys
Community: Merthyr Cynog
Traditional County: Brecknockshire
The monument comprises the remains of a earthen built round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The monument is circular in plan and measures 28m in diameter and 2m high and has a modern military boundary marker set into the top. It lies in an area of grassland and is turf covered and largely undisturbed.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Barrows 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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