What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Mynydd Merthyr, 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 burial or ritual monument. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary practices in upland Wales.
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Places near here
Outside the forestForest or wood · 570 yd
Edge of the forestForest or wood · 606 yd
Mynydd Merthyr Pillar StoneInscribed Stone · 832 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Mountain Ash War MemorialWar Memorial · 1316 yd
Bridge at CwmpennarHeritage place · 1353 yd
St Margaret's Church, Mountain AshChurch · 1594 yd
Mountain Ash Workingmens Hall and InstituteMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Mountain Ash RFC ClubhouseMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Mynydd GethinMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Aberfan Disaster Memorials in Aberfan CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.2 mi
Bench above the memorial in AberfanHeritage place · 1.2 mi
Twyn BrynbychanMountain / peak · 1.4 mi