What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Nant y Llestri, Cairn XVIII as Cairn from the Unknown period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic passage tomb; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3700–3000 BCE). It is significant as part of a broader network of megalithic tombs in Wales, reflecting early communal burial practices and ritual landscape use.
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Places near here
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Craig PwllfaCliff · 1086 yd
Cairn on Waun RyddAncient tomb or cairn · 1383 yd
Carn PicaMountain / peak · 1480 yd
Cwm CwareliCliff · 1528 yd
Pen y Bryn, Quarry IIQuarry · 1534 yd
Mountain streamMountain or hill · 1643 yd
Memorial at Wellington Bomber R1465 crash siteHeritage place · 1722 yd
Misleading arch under Cwar y GigfranHeritage place · 1.2 mi
Waterfall on the Nant MenasginWaterfall · 1.2 mi
Cwm OergwmWood · 1.3 mi