What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Mynydd Cilfach-yr-Encil, 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 funerary practices and burial rituals of the period. Its presence indicates prehistoric human activity in the region.
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Places near here
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-EncilLong Hut · 143 yd
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-Encil, Round BarrowRound Barrow · 151 yd
Ruins of Begwns in Cwm BargodOld home or work place · 327 yd
Ruins of BegwnsOld home or work place · 349 yd
Anemometer tower on Mynydd Gilfach Yr EncilCastle, fort or tower · 728 yd
Grazing mountain ponyMountain or hill · 1387 yd
Mountain ponies on Mynydd Cilfach yr EncilMountain or hill · 1389 yd
Trevithick Trail in woodland, Mount PleasantForest or wood · 1.1 mi
Taff Trail running through woodland north of AberfanForest or wood · 1.1 mi
Mynydd FochriwMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Mynydd Y CapelMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Pentwyn, CemeteryCemetery · 1.6 miOther information
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