The Brenig 8 cairn was excavated and restored in 1973 just before the Brenig valley was flooded to create the reservoir. Originally it was a stone-pile cairn with the neat kerb of large boulders which are visible today.

A very large pit containing a small amount of cremated bone was found dug into the bedrock beneath the cairn. No radiocarbon datings were obtained from this site but flints and other discovered artefacts suggest that it was built in the Bronze Age. Brenig 8 is part of the many barrows and cairns of various styles which comprise the extraordinary Brenig Ritual Landscape.

Location: Denbighshire, Wales
Grid Ref: SH98805636