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Banc Troedrhiwseiri Ring Barrow is a prehistoric ring barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CD238. Ring barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and represent burial monuments that served important ceremonial and memorial functions within their communities.
The monument sits upon bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits that formed during the Ordovician period. This geology would have influenced the construction methods and materials available to those who built the barrow, as the soft sedimentary rocks of the underlying strata weathered to provide suitable soil and stone for the earthwork.
As a ring barrow, the monument consists of a circular or nearly circular bank and ditch enclosure, a form characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice in Britain and Wales. Such monuments typically contained cremated or inhumed burials, along with grave goods that reflected the status and beliefs of those interred. The preservation of this example contributes to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary traditions across the Welsh landscape.
Banc Troedrhiwseiri Ring Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD238. View the official record →
Banc Troedrhiwseiri Ring Barrow is a prehistoric ring barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CD238.
Banc Troedrhiwseiri Ring Barrow dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Banc Troedrhiwseiri Ring Barrow is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CD238.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell Gwar-Cwm (3.5 km), Castell S of Goginan-Fach (4.6 km), Roman Fort 300m NW of Pen-Llwyn (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Banc Troedrhiwseiri Ring Barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Banc Troedrhiwseiri Ring Barrow stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.