List of prehistoric scheduled monuments in Powys (Brecknockshire) explained

Powys is the largest administrative county in Wales. With over a quarter of Wales's land area, and covering much of the eastern half of the country, it is a county of remote uplands, low population and no coastline. It was created in more or less its current form in 1974, and is the only one of the large county units created at that time to have been carried forward intact at the 1996 local government re-organisation. It comprises three historic counties, namely Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, and most of Brecknockshire. There are 950 Scheduled monuments within the county, which is far more than can be sensibly covered in one list. Each of the 3 historic counties is therefore listed separately, and each of these has two lists - one for the prehistoric sites and one for the Roman, medieval and post-medieval sites.

This list shows the many prehistoric sites in Brecknockshire (also historically known as Breconshire, and not including those parts that are no longer in Powys). Brecknockshire is the southern third of Powys, and encompasses the Brecon Beacons National Park, the Black Mountains and Mynydd Epynt. The River Wye separates it from Radnorshire, and Montgomeryshire forms the northern third of Powys. There are 254 prehistoric scheduled monuments in the Brecknockshire area. Of these, 12 are neolithic burial sites. An extraordinary 190 are likely to date from the Bronze Age, mainly burial sites of various sorts but also including 44 standing stones, stones circles and stone alignments. There are 52 Iron Age hillforts, defensive and other enclosures including settlements and hut sites.

The lists of Scheduled Monuments in Powys are as follows:-

Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAMs) have statutory protection. It is illegal to disturb the ground surface or any standing remains. The compilation of the list is undertaken by Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments, which is an executive agency of the National Assembly of Wales.[1] The list of scheduled monuments below is supplied by Cadw[2] with additional material from RCAHMW and Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.

See main article: Scheduled Monuments in Powys.

Scheduled prehistoric Monuments in Brecknockshire

The list is sorted by date, and then by Community so that sites of similar age and locality are placed near each other. Clicking on the heading arrows will sort the list by that information.

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. http://cadw.wales.gov.uk/historicenvironment/protection/monuments/?lang=en Cadw: Ancient Monuments and Scheduling.
  2. Cadw will send their list as a spreadsheet, or other electronic formats, on request, as indicated at www.whatdotheyknow.com. This list uses information dated May 2012
  3. . . Cadw SAM: BR029: Pipton Long Barrow
  4. . . Cadw SAM: BR016: Gwernvale chambered cairn
  5. . . Cadw SAM: BR067: Little Lodge Long Barrow
  6. . . Cadw SAM: BR011: Ty Illtyd Long Barrow
  7. . . Cadw SAM: BR028: Garn Coch
  8. . . Cadw SAM: BR012: Pen-y-Wyrlod Long Barrow
  9. . . Cadw SAM: BR007: Cwm Fforest Long Barrow
  10. . . Cadw SAM: BR002: Ffostyll Long Barrows
  11. . . Cadw SAM: BR013: Mynydd Troed Long Barrow
  12. . . Cadw SAM: BR175: Pen y Wyrlod Long Cairn
  13. . . Cadw SAM: BR006: Ty-Isaf Long Barrow
  14. . . Cadw SAM: BR249: Abercynafon Neolithic Site
  15. . . Cadw SAM: BR048: Round Barrow 400m S of Church
  16. . . Cadw SAM: BR079: Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm
  17. . . Cadw SAM: BR086: Standing Stone E of Llangoed Wood
  18. . . Cadw SAM: BR147: Tower Hill Round Barrow
  19. . . Cadw SAM: BR330: Fan Gyhirych round cairn
  20. . . Cadw SAM: BR336: Waunewydd standing stone
  21. . . Cadw SAM: BR302: Darren ring cairn
  22. . . Cadw SAM: BR301: Great Oak Road standing stone
  23. . . Cadw SAM: BR304: Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on NW side of
  24. . . Cadw SAM: BR303: Pen Cerrig-calch, cairn on S side of
  25. . . Cadw SAM: BR206: Banc y Celyn Stone Circle
  26. . . Cadw SAM: BR204: Cefn Clawdd Cairn
  27. . . Cadw SAM: BR402: Cefn Clawdd Cairn (East)
  28. . . Cadw SAM: BR205: Gwaun Ymryson Round Cairn
  29. . . Cadw SAM: BR181: Ring Cairn on Waun Gunllwch
  30. . . Cadw SAM: BR326: Bedd Gwyl Illtyd round cairn
  31. . . Cadw SAM: BR235: Blaen Glyn Round Cairn
  32. . . Cadw SAM: BR329: Fan Frynych kerb cairn
  33. . . Cadw SAM: BR228: Standing Stone on Mynydd Illtyd
  34. . . Cadw SAM: BR227: Two Cairns on Traeth Mawr
  35. . . Cadw SAM: BR321: Coed y Polyn round barrow
  36. . . Cadw SAM: BR381: Bryn Ring Cairn
  37. . . Cadw SAM: BR382: Bryn Round Cairn
  38. . . Cadw SAM: BR379: Carn Pantmaenllwyd Cairn
  39. . . Cadw SAM: BR095: Carn-y-Geifr
  40. . . Cadw SAM: BR097: Cefn Ty-Mawr
  41. . . Cadw SAM: BR383: Darren Round Cairn
  42. . . Cadw SAM: BR384: Gorllwyn Round Cairns
  43. . . Cadw SAM: BR385: Gurnos Ring Cairn
  44. . . Cadw SAM: BR378: Hafen Standing Stone Pair
  45. . . Cadw SAM: BR367: Llethyr Waun Llwyd Ring Cairn
  46. . . Cadw SAM: BR265: Pen-y-bont Standing Stone
  47. . . Cadw SAM: BR065: Saith-Maen Standing Stones
  48. . . Cadw SAM: BR090: Standing Stone NE of Capel Rhos
  49. . . Cadw SAM: BR091: Standing Stone SSE of Dol-y-Felin
  50. . . Cadw SAM: BR295: Blaen y Cwm Uchaf Cairn Cemetery
  51. . . Cadw SAM: BR124: Bwlch Round Cairn
  52. . . Cadw SAM: BR125: Cefn Moel Round Barrows
  53. . . Cadw SAM: BR293: Cefn Moel Round Cairn and Ritual Platform
  54. . . Cadw SAM: BR292: Cefn Moel Round Cairn III
  55. . . Cadw SAM: BR296: Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex
  56. . . Cadw SAM: BR294: Ffynnon Las Round Cairn I
  57. . . Cadw SAM: BR112: Llwyn-y-Fedwen Standing Stone
  58. . . Cadw SAM: BR310: Maes Clythan Wood cairn
  59. . . Cadw SAM: BR059: Mynydd Llangorse Cairn
  60. . . Cadw SAM: BR305: Pen Allt-mawr platform cairn
  61. . . Cadw SAM: BR306: Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, cairn on W side of
  62. . . Cadw SAM: BR307: Pen Gloch-y-pibwr, platform cairn on S end of
  63. . . Cadw SAM: BR291: Pen Tir Ring Cairn and Ritual Platform
  64. . . Cadw SAM: BR308: Pen Tir, cairn on S end of
  65. . . Cadw SAM: BR133: Penmyarth Standing Stone
  66. . . Cadw SAM: BR273: Standing Stone North of Tretower
  67. . . Cadw SAM: BR239: Lower Neuadd Standing Stone
  68. . . Cadw SAM: BR268: The Peterstone
  69. . . Cadw SAM: BR276: Twyn Garreg Wen Cairn
  70. . . Cadw SAM: BR102: Round Barrows 2400m WNW of Drover's Arms
  71. . . Cadw SAM: BR100: Round Barrows N & NE of Ffynnon Dafydd-Bevan
  72. . . Cadw SAM: BR101: Tri Chrugiau Round Barrows
  73. . . Cadw SAM: BR361: Mynydd Llangattock Round Cairn
  74. . . Cadw SAM: BR360: Mynydd Pen-cyrn Round Cairn
  75. . . Cadw SAM: BR359: Twr Pen-cyrn Round Cairns
  76. . . Cadw SAM: BR358: Waun Cyrn Round Cairn
  77. . . Cadw SAM: BR309: Mynydd Llangorse, cairn on S end of
  78. . . Cadw SAM: BR355: Carn Caws Round Cairn
  79. . . Cadw SAM: BR356: Carn Caws, Round Cairn to N of
  80. . . Cadw SAM: BR277: Carn y Bugail and Carn Felen
  81. . . Cadw SAM: BR272: Carreg Waun Llech Prehistoric Standing Stone
  82. . . Cadw SAM: BR354: Carreg Wen Fawr y Rugos Cairn Cemetery
  83. . . Cadw SAM: BR372: Clo Cadno Platform Cairn
  84. . . Cadw SAM: BR322: Garn Fawr round cairn
  85. . . Cadw SAM: BR373: Pant Serthfa Round Cairn
  86. . . Cadw SAM: BR374: Pant Serthfa Stone Row
  87. . . Cadw SAM: BR389: Twyn Ceilog Round Cairn
  88. . . Cadw SAM: BR357: Twyn Disgwylfa Platform Cairn
  89. . . Cadw SAM: BR278: Waun y Gwair Cairn
  90. . . Cadw SAM: BR167: Remains of Blaenau Stone Circle
  91. . . Cadw SAM: BR119: Twyn-y-Beddau Round Barrow
  92. . . Cadw SAM: BR094: Banc Ystrad-Wen Cairn Cemetery
  93. . . Cadw SAM: BR217: Cairns and Standing Stones on Carnau Cefn-y-Ffordd
  94. . . Cadw SAM: BR297: Corn Gafallt Cairn Cemetery
  95. . . Cadw SAM: BR274: Crugian Bach Stone Circle
  96. . . Cadw SAM: BR420: Ffynnon Mary Burnt Mound 300m SE of Carn Wen
  97. . . Cadw SAM: BR397: Gro Hill Cairn Cemetery
  98. . . Cadw SAM: BR396: Gro Hill Round Cairn
  99. . . Cadw SAM: BR398: Nant y Gro Round Cairn
  100. . . Cadw SAM: BR375: Nant y Gro Round Cairns
  101. . . Cadw SAM: BR395: Nant y Postau Round Cairn
  102. . . Cadw SAM: BR421: Recumbent Standing Stone 100m E of Crugian Stone Circle
  103. . . Cadw SAM: BR208: Ring Cairn on Esgair Ceiliog
  104. . . Cadw SAM: BR214: Ring Cairn on Garn Lwyd
  105. . . Cadw SAM: BR184: Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn
  106. . . Cadw SAM: BR394: Round Cairn to NW of Gro Hill
  107. . . Cadw SAM: BR210: Standing Stone above Craig Rhiwnant
  108. . . Cadw SAM: BR419: Standing Stone, Llanwrthwl Churchyard
  109. . . Cadw SAM: BR212: Three Round Cairns on y Gamriw
  110. . . Cadw SAM: BR211: Two Ring Cairns near Esgair Hafod
  111. . . Cadw SAM: BR213: Two Round Cairns on y Gamriw
  112. . . Cadw SAM: BR376: Ty'n y Graig Round Cairn
  113. . . Cadw SAM: BR377: Ty'n y Pant Round Cairns
  114. . . Cadw SAM: BR132: Cambrian Factory Standing Stone
  115. . . Cadw SAM: BR370: Castell Llygoden Platform Cairn
  116. . . Cadw SAM: BR264: Cwm Irfon Standing Stone
  117. . . Cadw SAM: BR369: Drygarn Fach Round Cairn
  118. . . Cadw SAM: BR363: Esgair Garn Ring Cairn
  119. . . Cadw SAM: BR368: Esgair Irfon Round Cairn
  120. . . Cadw SAM: BR364: Garn Wen Round Cairn
  121. . . Cadw SAM: BR366: Garth Cairn Cemetery
  122. . . Cadw SAM: BR371: Pen Twr Ring Cairn
  123. . . Cadw SAM: BR365: Waun Coli Round Cairn
  124. . . Cadw SAM: BR349: Blaen Clydach Fach Platform Cairn
  125. . . Cadw SAM: BR348: Blaen Clydach Fach Round Cairn
  126. . . Cadw SAM: BR257: Burnt Mound South of Fan Hir
  127. . . Cadw SAM: BR335: Cefn Cul ring cairn
  128. . . Cadw SAM: BR071: Cerrig Duon Stone Circle
  129. . . Cadw SAM: BR347: Cwm Henwen round barrow
  130. . . Cadw SAM: BR346: Cwm Henwen standing stone
  131. . . Cadw SAM: BR339: Garn Las platform cairn
  132. . . Cadw SAM: BR338: Garn Las ring cairn
  133. . . Cadw SAM: BR403: Gilfach, Round Cairn 500m WSW of
  134. . . Cadw SAM: BR144: Gwern-Wyddog Standing Stone
  135. . . Cadw SAM: BR142: Mynydd Bach-Trecastell Round Cairn
  136. . . Cadw SAM: BR069: Mynydd Bach-Trecastell Stone Circles
  137. . . Cadw SAM: BR070: Nant Tarw Stone Circles
  138. . . Cadw SAM: BR406: Nant Tawe Fechan Burnt Mound
  139. . . Cadw SAM: BR341: Pant Madog round cairn
  140. . . Cadw SAM: BR269: Troed Rhiw Wen Prehistoric Standing Stone
  141. . . Cadw SAM: BR275: Two Cairns on Fan Foel
  142. . . Cadw SAM: BR340: Tyle-mawr round cairn
  143. . . Cadw SAM: BR255: Waun Leuci Standing Stone
  144. . . Cadw SAM: BR107: Garn Wen Round Cairn
  145. . . Cadw SAM: BR017: Maen Llia Stone
  146. . . Cadw SAM: BR285: Nant Mawr Round Cairn
  147. . . Cadw SAM: BR262: Rectangular Platform
  148. . . Cadw SAM: BR219: Round Barrow SE of Llyn Nant-Llys
  149. . . Cadw SAM: BR163: Round Barrow SW of Maen Llia
  150. . . Cadw SAM: BR104: Round Cairn 800m SW of Gwar-y-Felin
  151. . . Cadw SAM: BR108: Round Cairn S of Bryn Melin
  152. . . Cadw SAM: BR261: Round Cairn SE of Maen Llia
  153. . . Cadw SAM: BR226: Standing Stone near Traeth Bach
  154. . . Cadw SAM: BR207: Bailey Bach Round Cairn and Cist
  155. . . Cadw SAM: BR401: Cefn Merthyr Cynog Cairn
  156. . . Cadw SAM: BR203: Twyn y Post Cairns
  157. . . Cadw SAM: BR316: Bwlch Bach a'r Grib round cairn
  158. . . Cadw SAM: BR317: Bwlch Bach a'r Grib, round cairn to SW of
  159. . . Cadw SAM: BR320: Mynydd Bychan platform cairn
  160. . . Cadw SAM: BR129: Pen Trumau Round Cairns
  161. . . Cadw SAM: BR319: Wern Frank Wood round cairn
  162. . . Cadw SAM: BR286: Buarth y Caerau Cairn
  163. . . Cadw SAM: BR140: Gileston Standing Stone
  164. . . Cadw SAM: BR362: Pontsticill Platform Cairn
  165. . . Cadw SAM: BR072: Saith Maen
  166. . . Cadw SAM: BR113: Cwrt-y-Gollen Standing Stone
  167. . . Cadw SAM: BR314: Disgwylfa round cairn
  168. . . Cadw SAM: BR312: Maen Llwyd standing stone
  169. . . Cadw SAM: BR318: Mynydd Pen-y-fal round cairns
  170. . . Cadw SAM: BR315: Mynydd Troed, round cairn on S end of
  171. . . Cadw SAM: BR313: Nant yr Ychen round cairn
  172. . . Cadw SAM: BR311: Pen y Gadair Fawr platform cairn
  173. . . Cadw SAM: BR171: Standing Stone N of Golden Grove
  174. . . Cadw SAM: BR103: Garn Wen Round Cairn
  175. . . Cadw SAM: BR270: Maen Richard Prehistoric Standing Stone
  176. . . Cadw SAM: BR068: Stone Circle and Round Cairn W of Ynyshir
  177. . . Cadw SAM: BR105: Twyn Cerrig-Cadarn Round Cairn
  178. . . Cadw SAM: BR106: Y Crug Round Barrow SSW of Aber-Criban
  179. . . Cadw SAM: BR149: Banc Paderau Round Cairn
  180. . . Cadw SAM: BR386: Garn Wen Round Cairn
  181. . . Cadw SAM: BR066: Pen-y-Garn-Goch Long Barrow
  182. . . Cadw SAM: BR139: Aberyscir Round Cairn
  183. . . Cadw SAM: BR138: Battle Standing Stone
  184. . . Cadw SAM: BR189: Fennifach Standing Stone
  185. . . Cadw SAM: BR244: Carn yr Arian Cairn
  186. . . Cadw SAM: BR328: Carnau Gwynion Cairn Cemetery
  187. . . Cadw SAM: BR411: Cefn Esgair-Carnau Burnt Mound
  188. . . Cadw SAM: BR323: Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn (N)
  189. . . Cadw SAM: BR325: Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn (S)
  190. . . Cadw SAM: BR324: Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn and long hut
  191. . . Cadw SAM: BR134: Cefn Esgair-Carnau Round Cairns
  192. . . Cadw SAM: BR344: Glog Las round cairn
  193. . . Cadw SAM: BR345: Mynydd y Garn round cairn
  194. . . Cadw SAM: BR169: Round Cairn NW of Blaen-Nedd Isaf
  195. . . Cadw SAM: BR332: Sand Hill ring cairn
  196. . . Cadw SAM: BR331: Sand Hill round cairn
  197. . . Cadw SAM: BR343: Twyn yr Odynau round cairn
  198. . . Cadw SAM: BR342: Waun Tincer round cairn
  199. . . Cadw SAM: BR353: Banwen Gwys Round Cairns
  200. . . Cadw SAM: BR327: Bryn Llechwen ring cairn
  201. . . Cadw SAM: BR352: Bwlch y Ddeuwynt Round Cairn
  202. . . Cadw SAM: BR333: Dorwen standing stone
  203. . . Cadw SAM: BR334: Llwyncwmstabl round cairn
  204. . . Cadw SAM: BR388: Lorfa Stone Circle
  205. . . Cadw SAM: BR038: Slwch Camp
  206. . . Cadw SAM: BR085: Llyswen Camp
  207. . . Cadw SAM: BR035: Twyn-y-Gaer
  208. . . Cadw SAM: BR040: Llanfilo Camp
  209. . . Cadw SAM: BR039: Western Camp
  210. . . Cadw SAM: BR267: Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Prehistoric Settlement
  211. . . Cadw SAM: BR242: Enclosure West of Nant Cwm Llwch
  212. . . Cadw SAM: BR241: Rhyd Uchaf Hillfort
  213. . . Cadw SAM: BR243: Waunfaeog Hillfort
  214. . . Cadw SAM: BR159: Gwernyfed Park Camp
  215. . . Cadw SAM: BR034: Twyn-y-Gaer
  216. . . Cadw SAM: BR096: Pen-llys Earthwork
  217. . . Cadw SAM: BR418: Bipartite enclosure 1km SSE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
  218. . . Cadw SAM: BR271: Bwlch Enclosure
  219. . . Cadw SAM: BR115: Coed y Gaer
  220. . . Cadw SAM: BR417: Kidney-shaped enclosure 1km SE of Pen Allt-Mawr, Cwm Banw
  221. . . Cadw SAM: BR116: Myarth Camp
  222. . . Cadw SAM: BR245: Coed y Brenin Enclosure
  223. . . Cadw SAM: BR151: Coed y Caerau Camp
  224. . . Cadw SAM: BR154: Plas-y-Gaer Camp
  225. . . Cadw SAM: BR247: Twyn Llechfaen Hillfort
  226. . . Cadw SAM: BR190: Coed Pentwyn Hillfort
  227. . . Cadw SAM: BR060: Ffawyddog Gaer
  228. . . Cadw SAM: BR153: Allt yr Esgair Camp
  229. . . Cadw SAM: BR422: Crugian Bach Enclosure
  230. . . Cadw SAM: BR209: Prehistoric Enclosure & Settlement Site on Craig y Llysiau
  231. . . Cadw SAM: BR218: Enclosure 500m W of Dixies Corner
  232. . . Cadw SAM: BR051: Corn y Fan Camp
  233. . . Cadw SAM: BR202: Cornelau Uchaf Enclosure
  234. . . Cadw SAM: BR053: Gaer Fach
  235. . . Cadw SAM: BR052: Gaer Fawr
  236. . . Cadw SAM: BR015: Castell Dinas
  237. . . Cadw SAM: BR250: Enclosure on Cockit Hill
  238. . . Cadw SAM: BR251: Enclosure West of Sorgwm
  239. . . Cadw SAM: BR062: Talgarth Camp
  240. . . Cadw SAM: BR254: Cwm Criban Prehistoric Settlement
  241. . . Cadw SAM: BR197: Enclosure W of Allt yr Esgair
  242. . . Cadw SAM: BR036: Tump Wood Camp
  243. . . Cadw SAM: BR253: Tyle Clydach Hillfort
  244. . . Cadw SAM: BR123: Y Gaer, Dol-y-Gaer
  245. . . Cadw SAM: BR246: Craig-y-Rhiwarth Hillfort
  246. . . Cadw SAM: BR256: Hut Circle West of Saith Maen
  247. . . Cadw SAM: BR061: Coed Cefn Hillfort
  248. . . Cadw SAM: BR128: Crug Hywel Camp
  249. . . Cadw SAM: BR043: Twyn-y-Gaer
  250. . . Cadw SAM: BR044: Twyn-y-Gaer
  251. . . Cadw SAM: BR042: Coed Fenni-Fach Camp
  252. . . Cadw SAM: BR063: Pen-y-Crug
  253. . . Cadw SAM: BR188: Dyffryn Nedd
  254. . . Cadw SAM: BR248: Gelli-nedd Hillfort
  255. . . Cadw SAM: BR259: Settlement East of Afon Llia
  256. . . Cadw SAM: BR407: Ton Teg Hut Settlement

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