What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Mynydd Caerau, Cairn I 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 chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–3000 BCE). It is part of a significant group of tombs on Mynydd Caerau, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organization in south Wales.
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Places near here
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Bwlch Garw, Boundary StoneBoundary Stone · 1011 yd
Tabernacle Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Katie Street, BlaengarwChapel · 1666 yd
Well surfacedHeritage place · 1747 yd
Mountain Side of Mynydd BachMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
Moorland and stone wall remains on Mynydd Pwll-yr-IwrchStanding or carved stone · 1.7 mi
Mynydd BlaenafanMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
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Foel FawrMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Maesteg CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 2.3 mi