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Bryn Rhosau Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CD097. The monument sits upon bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations that underlie much of the Welsh landscape. These sedimentary rocks, laid down in an ancient sea during the Ordovician period, provide the geological foundation upon which Bronze Age communities constructed their burial monuments.
Round barrows are earthen mounds raised over single or multiple inhumation burials, typically dating from the Bronze Age, around 2000 to 1500 BC. The barrows at Bryn Rhosau would have served as focal points in the ceremonial and domestic landscape of their time, marking the graves of individuals of social significance. Such monuments often contained pottery, metalwork and personal possessions interred with the dead, though the specific contents of this barrow remain undocumented.
The survival of this monument reflects the value placed upon its preservation within the Welsh heritage landscape. Today, the barrow's earthwork form remains visible across the Llandovery bedrock, providing evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in Wales. Its official protection recognises its importance as a physical record of prehistoric communities whose lives shaped the cultural foundations of the region.
Bryn Rhosau Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD097. View the official record →
Bryn Rhosau Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CD097.
Bryn Rhosau Round Barrows 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.
Bryn Rhosau Round Barrows 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 CD097.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fron Goch Lead Mine (5.6 km), Hafod: Peiran Cascade (7.4 km), Castell Grogwynion (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bryn Rhosau Round Barrows'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.
Bryn Rhosau Round Barrows stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.