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Mynydd Tyntyle A

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00045m
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Ystrad
Unitary authority : Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
NGR : SS9929196312
Site Type (preferred type first) : Bronze Age Round cairn
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
A natural knoll with a corner of sandstone bedrock exposed, with other natural blocks. Close to PRN 44m and originally interpreted by OS fieldworkers as a cairn in the same group.

Description :
A natural knoll with a corner of sandstone bedrock exposed, with other natural blocks. Close to PRN 44m and originally interpreted by OS fieldworkers as a cairn in the same group. Dimensions: See description.
(1953) One of three near-circular turf-covered mounds, sites on a ridge sloping to the NW (RCAHMW lists only two). They are hollowed in the centre and are probably robbed cairns. (A) has an average diameter of 7.2m and is 0.7m high with stones exposed in the centre. (Source 01/03)
(1982) The cairns remain generally as described in 1953. 'A' is 6.0m in diameter and 0.4m in height. (Source 04)
GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project

Sources :
01/MM Record Card/OS//1953/SS 99 NE 11/;
02/PM List/RCHM//1976/Glam Invent/No.353;
03/MM Record Card/OS//1978/SS 99 NE 11/;
04/MM Record Card/OS//1982/SS 99 NE 11/
PM Desc Text/Evans EM/2000/GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project

Events :

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 044m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 4573m

Compiled date : 01-02-1977


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