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Bryn y Maen Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference RD109. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed burials, serving as enduring markers of the dead within the landscape. They represent one of the most distinctive monument forms of later prehistoric Britain and Ireland.
The barrow sits upon bedrock composed of Ludlow Rocks—a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Ludlow Period of the Silurian geological era. This underlying geology would have shaped both the construction technique and the long-term preservation of the monument, as the relatively soft sedimentary rocks of the locality influenced water drainage and soil stability across the site.
As a scheduled monument under Cadw's protection, Bryn y Maen Round Barrow remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practice and territorial organisation in the Welsh landscape. The monument's survival demonstrates the enduring physical presence these mounds have maintained across millennia, continuing to form visible features within their local topography and serving as tangible evidence of ancient communities and their relationship with the land.
Bryn y Maen Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD109. View the official record →
Bryn y Maen Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference RD109.
Bryn y Maen 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 the UK.
Bryn y Maen 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 RD109.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Wylfre Round Barrows (5.9 km), Cefn Wylfre Platform House (6.3 km), Cefn Wylfre Deserted Rural Settlement (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bryn y Maen Round 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.
Bryn y Maen Round Barrow stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.