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Hirnant Kerbed Cairn

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NPRN105582
Map ReferenceSN78SE
Grid ReferenceSN7532683939
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityBlaenrheidol
Type Of SiteKERB CAIRN
PeriodBronze Age
Description
NAR SN78SE3

This is an orthostatic or earthfast kerb-ring. There are sixteen visible stones, four of which are 0.5-0.7m high and the remainder 0.3m or less. The circle has an internal diameter of 5.5m. The interior shows little trace of a cairn. A possible spoil heap identified some 50m to the south-west could be connected with an unrecorded excavation or clearance (NPRN 284069).
This is probably a Bronze Age funerary or ritual monument. Two apparently unstructured cairns are found about 100m to the north-east (NPRN 303685, 400936). These monuments occupy a level shelf on the eastern side of the upper Rheidol valley.

Source: Briggs in the Cardiganshire County History I (1994), 197 No.235

John Wiles 02.01.08