More information : SO 336942: There is a mound here which appears to be a
tumulus. (1)
A platform cairn surmounted by a ring cairn is situataed at
SO 33569408, upon the highest part of Heath Mynd at about 445.0m.
above OD., in open moorland.
The platform cairn measures 20.5m. in diameter, and stands
0.7m. above present ground level. It is composed of mixed large
and small stones, mossed over around the perimeter, but
disturbed internally over much of its area; the stones having been
scooped out to make sheep shelters in recent times (On the
north-west side is a circular sheep shelter, 4.5m. across and
0.7m. high).
Within and against the perimeter on the north-east side, is a
well-preserved ring cairn, measuring 8.5m. in diameter, and
0.6m. in height above the surface level of the platform cairn.
It comprises an unbroken bark of large stones and boulders, 3.5m.
in width, topped with a layer of small stone which is packed into
the larger stones below, to give the cairn a well-finished
appearance. Into the interior, (which is the surface of the
platform cairn below) has been thrown a heap of large boulders in
recent times. South-west of the centre of the platform cairn, an
O.S. traingulation pillar has been erected.
The assemblance is reminiscent of the cairns on Allt Llwyd,
Gwynedd (SH 60 NW 2,3).
Surveyed at 1:2500 onto Field Trace and M.S.D. (2)
The ring cairn described by the previous authority was seen as
earthworks and mapped from aerial photographs during the Marches
Uplands Mapping Project. No further information was added.
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