As part of a pan-Wales Cadw initiative, Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust surveyed all known prehistoric funerary and ritual sites in the former counties of Glamorgan. This updated work builds on the Royal Commission’s surveys of the 1960s–70s and incorporates new discoveries made over the past three decades. Nearly 600 sites, including barrows, cairns, chambered tombs, henges and hengiform monuments, were identified and recorded. The project highlights how much our understanding of these monuments has developed, with many more examples now recognised, providing a more detailed and accurate record of Glamorgan’s prehistoric landscape.
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