Banc Wernwgan Round Barrow

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NPRN84080
Map ReferenceSN61NE
Grid ReferenceSN6889018620
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCarmarthenshire
Old CountyCarmarthenshire
CommunityLlangadog
Type Of SiteROUND BARROW
PeriodBronze Age
Description
What appears to be a heavily robbed sepulchral cairn is situated on the open moorland of Banc Wernwgan at 340m above O.D., on the N side of a shallow E-W dry valley. It consists of a turf-consolidated limestone and quartz conglomerate rubble bank 5.5m N-S x 4.5m overall; it is 0.8m wide x 0.2m high on the S and 1.5m wide x 0.5m high on the N. There is a rubble spread over the interior.

Visited BAM 24 OCT 87