CEFN-Y-BRITHDIR, S CAIRN
Site Details
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NPRN 305933
Map Reference SO10SW
Grid Reference SO12960309
Unitary (Local) Authority Caerphilly
Old County Glamorgan
Community Darran Valley
Type of Site ROUND CAIRN
Broad Class RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY
Period Bronze Age
Site Description A disturbed round cairn is located on the west side of a ridgeway track. It measures 10m (NW-SE) by 9m and 0.4m high. At its centre are the remains of a rifled cist. What appears to be the capstone, or a dislodged side slab, projects from the cairn mass. It measures 1.2m long, at least 0.6m wide and 0.15m thick. The cairn is overgrown with bracken.
Additional source:
Glamorgan Inventory vol.I part i, p.71 (no.166).
OS Record Card: SO10SW14
David Leighton, RCAHMW, 12 February 2016
