What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Gilwern Hill, Cairn III as Cairn from the Unknown period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic cairn; significant as part of a cluster of prehistoric monuments on Gilwern Hill, indicating early ritual or funerary activity in the region.
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Places near here
Gilwern Hill, Cairn ICairn · 732 yd
Gilwern HillMountain / peak · 740 yd
Remains of a dry stone wall now fencedStanding or carved stone · 1376 yd
Hairpin on the hillMountain or hill · 1441 yd
Upper GilwernFarmstead · 1563 yd
Bwlch-LlwynFarmhouse · 1742 yd
Gilwern Hill in autumnMountain or hill · 1.4 mi
Across the Ithon valley to Castle BankCastle, fort or tower · 1.6 mi
Cefnllys Castle;Castell Glan Iethon;Castle BankCastle · 1.6 mi
Cliff on Bwlch-y-Cefn BankCliff or headland · 2.0 mi
Fence in the woodForest or wood · 2.1 mi
Pasture by the woodForest or wood · 2.6 miOther information
Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0