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Croes Y Bwlchgwyn Round Cairn

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00111m
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Garw Valley
Unitary authority : Bridgend
NGR : SS8891390791
Site Type (preferred type first) : Bronze Age Cairn
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
Grass-covered mound cut through by an irregular E-W gully and a hole in the W side in which stone (sandstone) can be seen. Otherwise entirely covered in vegetation. Difficult to define edges. In a clearing in mature forest.

Description :
Grass-covered mound cut through by an irregular E-W gully and a hole in the W side in which stone (sandstone) can be seen. Otherwise entirely covered in vegetation. Difficult to define edges. In a clearing in mature forest. Dimensions: ?c7.5m diameter; c0.5m
(28-05-1956) Situated on high ground. A possible round barrow, 12m in diameter and 0.7m high. It has been much mutilated and there is no evidence of a ditch. Site now lies within impenetrable fir forest. (Source 01)
(13-06-1956) Round cairn 30' in diameter and 3' in height. Disturbed on north side, signs of ditch on south. (Source 03)
(1986) Situated on the W side of the ridge-top in dense forestry plantation just to the N of a forest ride. There is no access to it. It is grass and bilberry covered, 8m in diameter and 1m high. The surface is uneven, especially on the N side. (Source 04)
GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project

Sources :
Roese H.E. , 1981 , Some aspects of Topographical locations of Neolithic and Bronze age monuments in Wales - III - Round Cairns and Round Barrows. , The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies : XXIX pt.3 : 575-587
01/MM Record Card/OS//1956/SS 89 SE 9/;
02/MM Record Card/OS//1982/SS 89 SE 9/;
03/MM Desc Text/Cadw/Whittle E/17.01.86 AM7/SS 89 SE/
PM Desc Text/Evans EM/2000/GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project

Events :
E008344 : Upper Ogmore Windfarm, Connection Route, Bridgend (year : 2020)

Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 95168

Compiled date : 01-02-1977


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