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Structured Round Cairns in West Central Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

D. K. Leighton
D. K. Leighton*
Affiliation:
Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales, Edleston House, Queen's Road, Aberystwyth, Dyfed, SY23 2HP
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Abstract

An assemblage of cairns, distinguished by the incorporation of orthostatic elements suggestive of ring structure, is described from an area of central Wales. The morphology and distribution of the sites are discussed in terms of geology, erosional processes and land-use history. It is concluded that the form taken by individual cairns is largely a function of local environmental constraints, their distribution limited by factors of survival and discovery. The susceptibility of the monuments to superficial modification is stressed and caution is urged in the application of classificatory schemes.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , December 1984 , pp. 319 - 350
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1984

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