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Careg-y-Bwci is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CD156. The monument sits upon bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have been naturally exposed or readily accessible to its builders. This geological foundation would have provided suitable material for the construction and anchorage of the barrow structure.
Round barrows such as Careg-y-Bwci typically served as burial monuments during the Bronze Age, though some may date to the Neolithic period. The barrow's earthwork form represents a significant investment of labour, suggesting the commemoration of individuals or families of some social standing within prehistoric communities. The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of agricultural and landscape use, attests to its original substantial construction.
The site's location within the Welsh landscape places it within a broader distribution of prehistoric burial monuments across Britain. The local Llandovery geology would have influenced not only the physical appearance of the barrow but also the practical methods available to its builders for quarrying and shaping materials used in its construction. Careg-y-Bwci remains an important record of prehistoric funerary practice and landscape use.
Careg-y-Bwci is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD156. View the official record →
Careg-y-Bwci is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CD156.
Careg-y-Bwci 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.
Careg-y-Bwci 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 CD156.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hirfaen Standing Stone (2.6 km), Cothi Roman Aqueduct (6.6 km), Caer Pencarreg (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Careg-y-Bwci'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.
Careg-y-Bwci stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.