Cefn Bryn (West)

Cairn(s)
SS486903

Nearest town:

Llanelli (11km N)

OS reference:

SS486903

OS sheet:

159

Latitude:

51° 35' 26.36 N

Longitude:

4° 11' 8.97 W

Added to TMA by

thesweetcheat

Images (8)
Miscellaneous (1)

Images

Image of Cefn Bryn (West) (Cairn(s)) by thesweetcheat

Small standing stone just north of Cefn Bryn West cairn. Looking towards Llanmadoc Hill and the Llwchwr estuary.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.3.2015)

thesweetcheat Mar 25, 2015

Small standing stone immediately north of Cefn Bryn West cairn (see misc).

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.3.2015)

thesweetcheat Mar 25, 2015

Stonwold E ring cairn, looking SE towards Oxwich Point.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.3.2015)

thesweetcheat Mar 24, 2015

Detail of stone work in the rim of Stonwold E ring cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.3.2015)

thesweetcheat Mar 24, 2015

Stonwold E Cairn, looking ENE. The mountains of Y Mynydd Du are a grey smudge on the left skyline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)

thesweetcheat Apr 2, 2012

Turf-covered Stonwold E Cairn. Looking WNW towards Llanmadoc Hill.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)

thesweetcheat Apr 2, 2012

Even harder to see view of Cefn Bryn SW Cairn, looking west towards Rhossili Down.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)

thesweetcheat Apr 2, 2012

Not easy to see, but I think this is Cefn Bryn SW Cairn. Some of the stonework shows up as lighter flecks in the turf. The central hollow can just be made out. Looking east.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)

thesweetcheat Apr 2, 2012

Articles

Cefn Bryn (West)

Cairn(s)

thesweetcheat Apr 2, 2012

Extensive group of cairns on the western end of the Cefn Bryn ridge (centred on the 154m trig point). Coflein descriptions:

Little Hillend Barrow (SS47919058)

A cairn, 5.0m in diameter and 0.3-0.1m high, disturbed on the S. Thought to be sepulchral rather than a clearance feature.

Stonwold E Cairn (SS48089047)

A cairn, 7.0m in diameter and 0.2m high, set on a false crest facing N.

Stonwold E Ring Cairn (SS48169037)

A cairn-rim, or ring cairn, 14.3m in diameter, 1.5m wide and 0.2m high, mutilated to the ESE.

Cefn Bryn SW Cairn (SS48559039)

A fragmentary circular bank, 14m in diameter, 3.0m wide and 0.4m high, thought to be a cairn-rim, although possibly a ring cairn.

Cefn Bryn W Cairn (SS48589051)

A cairn, 10m in diameter and 0.7m high, having four earthfast stones, c.1.0m high, set about its perimeter.

Additional info from GGAT:

Oval mound, entirely grass-grown but set around with quartz conglomerate blocks at N (0.45x0.45m), NE (0.7x0.5m), W (0.7x0.4m) and S (0.9x0.9m); the southern block is 0.4m high, but the others are set well into the ground. N of the N stone, at a distance of 1.7m, is an orthostat 0.8x0.7m area and 0.9m high, with a scatter of small boulders in the ground around it to the N. Height difficult to gauge because of growth of gorse bushes on top. 10.6m (E-W) x 9.8m, c0.3m high.

Cefn Bryn Central Cairn II (SS48729081)

A round cairn, 6.0m in diameter and 0.7m high, along with Nprn305539, may be a sepulchral monument or a clearance element of field system Nprn305541.

Cefn Bryn Central Cairn I (SS48729067)

A round cairn, 6.5m in diameter and 0.4m high.

Cefn Bryn Field System (SS48759052)

Nine clearance heaps, 3.0-11m in diameter and 0.3-0.5m high, and a possible house site, possibly a further clearance feature, set on the summit and N facing slope of a rounded knoll. Two cairns, recorded as sepulchral, Nprns305539, 305540, may also be elements of this system.

Nant Freedown Ring Cairn (SS48849070)

A ring cairn, or cairn rim, 12.2m in diameter, 1.2-1.8m wide and 0.2m high, apparently classified as a ring cairn with a filled-in interior.

Great Cairn Ring Cairn I (SS49069072)

A fully excavated subcircular enclosure, c.10m by 9.0m, defined by a kerbed stony bank, c.2.0m wide and 0.4m high, having original entrances to the N and S, the last blocked in antiquity. Placed centrally in the enclosure was a pit containing charcoal, bone and organic material, thought to represent a token redeposition; two fire sites were noted against the inside of the bank.

Great Cairn Ring Cairn II (SS49069069)

A fully excavated subcircular enclosure, 10.8m by 10.7m overall, defined by a stoney bank, kerbed internally, 1.2-3.0m wide and 0.4-0.6m high; a small pit immediately within the NE bank was sealed by a slab; the single S entrance had been deliberately blocked and an attempt made to continue the kerbing across its site, subsequent to this the interior of the enclosure had been filled with stones.