What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Mynydd y Capel, Cairn XVI 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 long cairn or passage tomb. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric burial and ritual practices in upland Wales.
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Places near here
Standing stoneStanding or carved stone · 369 yd
Cefn Merthyr Standing StoneStanding Stone · 398 yd
Remains of Forest Chapel on Mynydd y CapelChurch, cross or graveyard · 432 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7724836.jpg?width=1280)
Forest Chapel, FoundationsChapel · 448 yd
Mynydd Y CapelMountain / peak · 663 yd
Ynysowen Community Primary School and a wooded backdrop, AberfanHeritage place · 808 yd
Bells Hill, Merthyr ValeMountain or hill · 872 yd
Slow down up Bells Hill, Merthyr ValeMountain or hill · 874 yd
Spelbrook Memorial WoodlandForest or wood · 893 yd
Access through Aberfan cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1320 yd
Disused chapel, Aberfan CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1330 yd
Twyn BrynbychanMountain / peak · 1.4 mi