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Bryn Llydan Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales and designated under Cadw's Scheduled Ancient Monuments register as GM538. The barrow represents a burial tradition characteristic of the Bronze Age period, when round barrows served as communal or individual burial structures and functioned as focal points for ritual and ceremonial activity. The monument's physical form reflects the typical construction method of its era, comprising an earthen mound raised over one or more inhumations. Such monuments are significant for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices, social organisation, and the ritual landscape of prehistoric Wales.
Bryn Llydan Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM538. View the official record →
Bryn Llydan Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales and designated under Cadw's Scheduled Ancient Monuments register as GM538. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM538.
Bryn Llydan Round Barrow dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Bryn Llydan Round 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 GM538.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clawdd Mawr, Mynydd Caerau (6.2 km), Mynydd Caerau Round Cairns (6.7 km), Bwlch yr Avan Dyke (7.4 km).
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