NPRN275656
Map ReferenceSN85NW
Grid ReferenceSN8026057360
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityTregaron
Type Of SiteCAIRN CEMETERY
PeriodPrehistoric
DescriptionFour cairns set on a shelf on the SE-facing slopes of Esgair Gerwyn, extending over an area, c.30m NE-SW by 15m:
i. at SN80255735, roughly circular, c.3.5m in diameter & 0.1m high, containing a ruinous cist, 1.1m by 0.8m;
ii. at SN80265735, originally at least 5.0m in diameter, currently denuded to the W & 0.15m high, a circular hollow may indicate the former presence of a cist;
iii. at SN80265736, a roughly circular stony mound, 6.5m in diameter, surving to a height of 0.25m, a hollow may indicate the presence of a robbed cist;
iv. at SN80275737, a stony mound, in the region of 5.0m across & 1.2m high, set upon a rock outcrop & presenting a centrally placed hollow.
(source: Leighton & Metcalfe 1989 (Ceredigion 8 (1978)), 360-2)
J.Wiles 23.07.04