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Bedd Emlyn is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales on bedrock of Wenlock mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage monuments agency, under reference DE201. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as burial mounds, typically raised over inhumed or cremated remains and often accompanied by grave goods. The underlying Wenlock rocks, formed in a shallow marine environment during the Silurian period, would have provided the stone resources available to the communities who built this monument. The barrow's construction reflects the burial practices and social organisation of Bronze Age Wales, when such prominent earthwork mounds served both as functional repositories for the dead and as visible markers of territorial identity and ancestral presence within the landscape.
Bedd Emlyn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE201. View the official record →
Bedd Emlyn is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales on bedrock of Wenlock mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE201.
Bedd Emlyn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bedd Emlyn 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 DE201.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Derwen Cross (3.1 km), Dinas Melin-y-Wig (4.1 km), Mynydd Rhyd Ddu Enclosure (5.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bedd Emlyn'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.
Bedd Emlyn stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.