CPAT Regional Sites & Monuments Record

PRN 34997 - Mynydd y Cemmaes cairn I

NGR :- SH86790691 (SH80NE)
Unitary authority :- Powys
Community :- Llanbrynmair
Prefered site type :- Bronze Age - Round barrow (cairn) (Structure - Intact )

Apparently intact small cairn, possibly with a central cist. Some stones on surface others turfed over. Curved profile, approximately circular in plan, 3.8m diameter, 0.4m high. (CPAT 1996)

Circular cairn, 3.5m in diameter and up to 0.2m high. No positive evidence for a central cist therefore age is unknown. May be Post Medieval boundary cairn (Carter, S & Baker, L, 2000).

Sources:-
CPAT visit form , 1996 , ,
Carter, S & Baker, L , 2000 , Mynydd y Cemmaes Windfarm re-powering: archaeological assessment , Headland Archaeology report .
Hankinson, R , 1996 , Proposed Mynydd y Cemmaes B windfarm: archaeological assessment , CPAT report 183 June 1996 .

Events:-
Visit CPAT / 1996(04/06/96) - Pasture A
Assessment Headland Archaeology / 2000(/ /) -

record created 04/12/96 CE96 - copyright CPAT , last updated 16/02/01
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