Coed-Pen-Maen Common, Cairn

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NPRN307760
Map ReferenceST09SE
Grid ReferenceST0796090250
Unitary (Local) AuthorityRhondda Cynon Taff
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPontypridd
Type Of SiteCAIRN
PeriodBronze Age
Description
Eight stones, up to 0.5m high, define a kerb circle, within which is a cist, 1.6m by 0.6m.
Excavation, in 1830, which recovered burnt bone and 'bronze buttons' is thought to have removed the body of the cairn.
(source Os495card; ST09SE3)
J.Wiles 31.01.03