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Twyn Pant-Teg Round Barrow
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00027g
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Graig
Unitary authority : Newport
NGR : ST23998885
Site Type (preferred type first) : Bronze Age Round barrow
Status : Scheduled Monument
Summary :
A substantial grassed mound standing on the top of a ridge between the Rhymney and Ebbw valleys. The cairn is roughly circular, well-defined, with steep sides and a flattish top. There is a large stone showing on the E side, and others showing on the sides.
Description :
A substantial grassed mound standing on the top of a ridge between the Rhymney and Ebbw valleys. The cairn is roughly circular, well-defined, with steep sides and a flattish top. There is a large stone showing on the E side, and others showing on the sides. On the W side is an excavation trench, c 1m wide, 0.5m deep and 5m long.
Dimensions: diameter 15m; height 1.2m
(1957) A grass covered mound with an overall diameter of 16m and a height of 1m. The upper half is almost square in plan with sides of 10m. It is surrounded by a circular berm. An excavation trench from the SW side to the centre is 2m wide and 0.5m deep and exposes several small stones. (Source 01)
(1987) The barrow stands in a permanent pasture field, grazed by cows and sheep, on the top of a ridge between the Rhymney and Ebbw valleys. It is a roughly circular mound, 1.2m high and 15m in diameter, the sides are quite steep and the top is flattish. There is a large stone showing on the E side. On the W side is an old trench c.1m wide, 0.5m deep and 5m long. Small stones are showing in its sides. (Source 05)
(1999) The description of this site remains unchanged. (Source 09)
GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project 2003
Sources :
09/PM Desc Text/AM 107/Taylor, F./1999
07/MM AP/RCAHM/1992/925305-12
08/PM Desc Text/Cadw/1991/AM107
06/PM List/Lillie MC/1991/Bronze Age Gwent (University of Nottingham dissertation) p63
05/MM Desc Text/AM 107/Whittle/E/1987
02/MM Photo/GGAT/Lewis/W/1980
03/PM Desc Text/Dallimore/KL/1979/BBCS/Vol 28 pp469-503
01/MM Record Card/OS/1962/ST 28 NW 5
04/MM Record Card/OS/1979/ST 28 NW 5
Pm desc text/Evans EM/2003/GGAT 72 Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Sites Project
Events :
Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 93418 http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/93418/details
Compiled date : 27-01-1988
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