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Pen Yr Ole Wen: Shelter & Cairn

Marker Cairn; Shelter
Pen Yr Ole Wen: Shelter & Cairn
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The National Monuments Record of Wales records Pen Yr Ole Wen: Shelter & Cairn as Marker Cairn; Shelter from the Modern period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Marker cairn and rock shelter; likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. It represents a type of early megalithic monument used for ritual or funerary purposes, though its specific significance remains unclear due to limited recorded context.

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