What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Mynydd y Capel, Cairn II 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; a type of megalithic tomb used for burial and ritual purposes. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in Wales.
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Places near here
Standing stoneStanding or carved stone · 398 yd
Remains of Forest Chapel on Mynydd y CapelChurch, cross or graveyard · 429 yd
Cefn Merthyr Standing StoneStanding Stone · 432 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7724836.jpg?width=1280)
Forest Chapel, FoundationsChapel · 447 yd
Mynydd Y CapelMountain / peak · 662 yd
Ynysowen Community Primary School and a wooded backdrop, AberfanHeritage place · 782 yd
Bells Hill, Merthyr ValeMountain or hill · 851 yd
Slow down up Bells Hill, Merthyr ValeMountain or hill · 854 yd
Spelbrook Memorial WoodlandForest or wood · 868 yd
Access through Aberfan cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1285 yd
Disused chapel, Aberfan CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1295 yd
Twyn BrynbychanMountain / peak · 1.4 mi