Prehistoric Sites of Wales - Glamorgan region
A guide to Cardiff and the South Wales Coast, highlighting attractions, history, and visitor information.
A roughly circular cairn of 51-54 feet in diameter adorns the top of Cefn Gelligaer. A damaged burial cist is in the centre of the cairn.
Deri,
Merthyr Tydfil,
Glamorgan,
Wales
A Neolithic long cairn of the type known as Cotswold-Severn, Parc le Breos takes its name from the huge medieval deer park in which it stands. The tomb is wedge-shaped, aligned on a north-south axis. It is 22 metres long and measures 13 metres wide at the forecourt end, tapering to 6 metres wide at the northern tip.
Parkmill,
Glamorgan,
Wales
A striking chambered tomb of unusual height, in the style known as Cotswold-Severn. The capstone measures 14 feet long x 10 feet wide. It would have been originally covered by a cairn of stones or earth. The tomb was built sometime around 4000 BCE, and is located close to the well-known Tinkinswood chambered tomb.
Caint Lythans Road,
St. Nicholas,
Barry,
Glamorgan,
Wales
One of the best-preserved chambered cairns in Britain, topped by the largest capstone (15 x 24 feet and 40 tons in weight). The cairn is wedge-shaped, though the actual chamber is rectangular. The tomb is fronted by a forecourt of drystone walls. Within the chamber were found bones from at least 40 people buried duing the Neolithic period. It seems likely that the cairn was used for ceremonial purposes right through the Bronze Age.
St. Nicholas,
Barry,
Glamorgan,
Wales
