What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Mynydd Marchywel, Summit Cairn as Cairn 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 cairn; likely a funerary or ritual monument. Its location on a summit suggests it may have had ceremonial or territorial significance.
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Places near here
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The former Cefn Coed Colliery (now a Museum)Heritage place · 1.1 mi
Cefn Coed Colliery MuseumMuseum · 1.1 mi
Cefncoed Colliery, Crynant: South Winding Engine HouseEngine House · 1.1 mi
Stone bridge over the River Dulais at CrynantStanding or carved stone · 1.4 mi
Alltwen HillMountain or hill · 2.6 mi
Aberdulais Tinplate Works, Aberdulais Falls, TonnaTinplate Works · 2.7 mi
Mynydd Allt-Y-GrugMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
Pine tree and bridge to Ynys-Arwed FarmHeritage place · 2.9 mi
Mynydd DrumauMountain / peak · 3.5 mi
Melincourt WaterfallWaterfall · 3.8 mi
Bridge Street Bridge, Neath; Neath BridgeBridge · 3.9 miOther information
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