Ty'n-yr-Eithin Round Cairn

Ty’n-yr-Eithin Round Cairn is a prehistoric burial mound near Lledrod in Ceredigion. It stands on farmland at grid reference SN630685, a quiet spot among rolling fields. The round cairn was built by Neolithic or Bronze Age people for ceremonies or to hold the dead. Cadw has listed it as a scheduled monument under number CD226. Wales has nearly four hundred such cairns, more than any other kind of ancient site. The mound dates from about 3000 BC, when the first cairns were raised. The practice continued until the end of the Bronze Age around 600 BC. Most cairns were built between 2400 and 1500 BC. They mark where communities gathered to remember their ancestors. The site shows how people organised themselves long before written records. Visitors find a low grassy mound about a metre high. A fence surrounds it to protect the edges from ploughing. The view stretches across open countryside to the Cambrian Mountains. There are no standing stones or chambers here, just the simple earthen pile. It is a place to stand quietly and sense the distant past.