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Cefn Car Cairnfield

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NPRN300942
Map ReferenceSO01SW
Grid ReferenceSO0195012930
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMerthyr Tydfil
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityVaynor
Type Of SiteCAIRNFIELD
PeriodPrehistoric
Description
1. A total of 19 stone piles were recorded, varying between 3m and 8m in diameter and 0.3m and 0.75m in height. All are stony mounds consolidated with grasses and bilberry. They are located on the S facing slope of a ridge, the upper part surrounded by outcropping rock and scree.

Further details with survey plot.
D.K. Leighton, RCAHMW, 29/09/2003

2. A group of only seven stony mounds are situated on a broad shelf on a S facing slope. Five are irregular in shape, these are likely clearance cairns, however two may be burial cairns.
R.S. Jones, CAP, 04/03/2003