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Cairn, Merthyr Mawr Warren

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 01015m
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Merthyr Mawr
Unitary authority : Bridgend
NGR : SS86407690
Site Type (preferred type first) : Bronze Age Cairn
Status : SSSI

Summary :
A small midden with broken bones and burnt stones, noted as a possible cairn by RCAHMW, but considered insufficiently well established for inclusion in Glamorgan Inventory. It was not possible to reach the marked NGR which lay in a dense stand of sea buc

Description :
A small midden with broken bones and burnt stones, noted as a possible cairn by RCAHMW, but considered insufficiently well established for inclusion in Glamorgan Inventory. It was not possible to reach the marked NGR which lay in a dense stand of sea buckthorn on a dune. Dimensions: See description.
(1978) A small midden with broken bones and burnt stones, possibly representing the residual remains of a cairn, was located on Merthyr-Mawr Warren; ex inf J Spurgeon (no ref) (Source 01)
Excluded from Glam Invent (see p 82)
GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project

Sources :
01/MM List//Spurgeon J/1978/Merthyr Mawr Warren/b109(3);
02/PM List//National Conservation Council/1979/Stat Sites Nat Parks
1949/Mid Glam pp8, 18 Map;
03/MM Record Card/OS//1984/SS 87 NE 135/
PM Desc Text/Evans EM/2000/GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project

Events :
E002332 : Merthyr Mawr Warren, Bridgend (year : 2001)

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Compiled date : 01-11-1979


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