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Bronze Age round barrow NW of Glan-marteg is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference RD042. The barrow represents a characteristic funerary monument of the Bronze Age, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the graves of the dead and serve as focal points for ritual and community memory. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of Llandovery Rocks, an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Llandovery period of the Ordovician.
The underlying geology of this region shaped both the landscape and the construction methods available to Bronze Age communities. The soft sedimentary rocks would have weathered to create stable soils suitable for maintaining an earthwork monument, whilst the local stone sources provided materials for internal kerbing or structural elements common to barrows of this period and region.
The barrow remains an important resource for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Wales, its continued preservation allowing future archaeological investigation and contributing to our knowledge of prehistoric communities in this part of the landscape.
Bronze Age round barrow NW of Glan-marteg is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD042. View the official record →
Bronze Age round barrow NW of Glan-marteg is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference RD042.
Bronze Age round barrow NW of Glan-marteg 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.
Bronze Age round barrow NW of Glan-marteg 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 RD042.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ty-Lettice Round Barrow (5.4 km), Ty Lettice Roman road (5.4 km), Round Barrow NE of Cefn-Ceido Hall (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bronze Age round barrow NW of Glan-marteg'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.
Bronze Age round barrow NW of Glan-marteg stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.