What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Carnau Gwynion, Cairn as Round Barrow from the Bronze Age period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bronze Age round barrow; typically associated with burial practices of the Middle to Late Bronze Age. Round barrows are significant as they reflect early ceremonial and funerary traditions in the Welsh landscape.
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Places near here
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Mellte Castle and roadbridge over the River MellteCastle, fort or tower · 1662 yd
Tradesman's Entrance (C)Cave · 1.4 mi
Plas-y-gors Forest edgeForest or wood · 1.4 mi
Porth yr OgofCave · 1.4 mi
Gwaun CefnygarregMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Remains of cairn above Pen-fathorAncient tomb or cairn · 1.7 mi
Walled enclosure on Sand HillMountain or hill · 1.7 mi
Afon Mellte upstream of the Sgwd Clun-gwyn waterfallWaterfall · 2.3 mi