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Bwlch-Du Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE085. The monument stands on bedrock composed of Wenlock Rocks, a Silurian-age formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. This substantial geological foundation would have provided a stable platform for the barrow's construction and has likely contributed to the site's preservation over millennia.
Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments for individuals of considerable social standing. The Wenlock bedrock underlying this site represents ancient seafloor deposits laid down in the Paleozoic seas that once covered Wales. The monument's location on these sedimentary rocks reflects the way prehistoric communities built their sacred structures across the varied landscape they inhabited, regardless of local geology.
As a protected monument, Bwlch-Du Round Barrow remains an important archaeological resource. Its survival on the Welsh landscape contributes to understanding prehistoric burial practices and settlement patterns across the region. The barrow's endurance on Wenlock bedrock demonstrates how even modest geological features provided suitable ground for constructing monuments of lasting significance to Bronze Age communities.
Bwlch-Du Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE085. View the official record →
Bwlch-Du Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE085.
Bwlch-Du 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.
Bwlch-Du 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 DE085.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hen Ddinbych Circular Platforms (1.7 km), Hafotty Wen Ring Cairn (4.5 km), Capel Hiraethog Round Barrow (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bwlch-Du 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.
Bwlch-Du Round Barrow stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.