What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Gilwern Hill, Cairn I as Cairn 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 cairn; likely a long cairn or passage tomb. It represents early funerary and ritual practices in the Welsh uplands.
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Places near here
Gilwern HillMountain / peak · 66 yd
Gilwern Hill, Cairn IIICairn · 732 yd
Upper GilwernFarmstead · 831 yd
Remains of a dry stone wall now fencedStanding or carved stone · 871 yd
CarregwiberFarmstead · 1428 yd
Gilwern Hill in autumnMountain or hill · 1692 yd
Open country on Gilwern HillMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Across the Ithon valley to Castle BankCastle, fort or tower · 1.7 mi
Cefnllys Castle;Castell Glan Iethon;Castle BankCastle · 1.7 mi
Cliff on Bwlch-y-Cefn BankCliff or headland · 2.4 mi
National Cycle MuseumMuseum · 2.4 mi
Fence in the woodForest or wood · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0