What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Mynydd Cilfach-yr-Encil, site of 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 the burial of individuals in the early to middle Bronze Age. Such cairns are significant for understanding prehistoric land use and social structures in Wales.
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Places near here
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-Encil, Round BarrowRound Barrow · 201 yd
Mynydd Cilfach-yr-Encil, CairnRound Barrow · 339 yd
Ruins of Begwns in Cwm BargodOld home or work place · 462 yd
Ruins of BegwnsOld home or work place · 523 yd
Anemometer tower on Mynydd Gilfach Yr EncilCastle, fort or tower · 1058 yd
Grazing mountain ponyMountain or hill · 1723 yd
Mountain ponies on Mynydd Cilfach yr EncilMountain or hill · 1725 yd
Taff Trail running through woodland north of AberfanForest or wood · 1.3 mi
Trevithick Trail in woodland, Mount PleasantForest or wood · 1.3 mi
Mynydd FochriwMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Pentwyn, CemeteryCemetery · 1.6 mi
Graveyard and chapel at PentwynChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.6 mi