What is recorded here
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Swch-Cae-Rhiw, Cairn I;Pen-Plaenau Cairn 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 cairn; dates to the Early to Middle Bronze Age transition. It is part of a broader funerary and ritual landscape in upland Wales, reflecting prehistoric burial practices and social organisation.
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Places near here
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Swch Cae Rhiw, Outbuilding IIIOutbuilding · 601 yd
Waterfall on the Nant RhydwilymWaterfall · 714 yd
Graig FawrCliff · 1202 yd
Dolydd Ceiriog, Boundary Stone XBoundary Stone · 1276 yd
Bryn Du, Boundary Stone IBoundary Stone · 1.3 mi
Cerrig-duonMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Cerrig CoediogMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Coed TynyrhosWood · 2.0 mi
Roman Camp WoodForest or wood · 2.0 mi
Wayfarer MemorialMemorial · 2.3 mi
Cerrig GeneugiaidCliff · 2.5 mi