What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Mynydd Cilfach-yr-Encil, Cairns 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. A type of burial mound commonly found across Britain and Ireland, reflecting early ceremonial and funerary practices of the period.
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Places near here
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-Encil, Ring CairnRing Cairn · 34 yd
Merthyr Common, Possible Ring CairnRing Cairn · 315 yd
Dan yr Odin coal tip and winding engine shedOld home or work place · 699 yd
Ruins of Begwns in Cwm BargodOld home or work place · 723 yd
Anemometer tower on Mynydd Gilfach Yr EncilCastle, fort or tower · 1400 yd
Anthony Hill Court, PentrebachMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Corner of Anthony Hill Court and the A4054, PentrebachMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Mynydd FochriwMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Pentwyn, CemeteryCemetery · 1.5 mi
Taff Trail running through woodland north of AberfanForest or wood · 1.5 mi
Trevithick Trail in woodland, Mount PleasantForest or wood · 1.5 mi
Graveyard and chapel at PentwynChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.6 miOther information
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