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Cefn Llwyd Round Barrow and Standing Stone is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference MG266. The monument sits upon bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have been exposed or thinly covered when the barrow was constructed during the Bronze Age. This geological foundation provided the raw material for the earthwork and any stone elements of the monument.
The round barrow represents a burial tradition that flourished across Britain during the Bronze Age, when substantial mounds were raised over individual or multiple interments. The associated standing stone indicates a ceremonial or territorial significance beyond the primary funerary function. Such monuments often served as focal points within the prehistoric landscape, visible from considerable distances across open terrain.
The survival of both the barrow mound and standing stone at Cefn Llwyd makes this site a valuable record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and land use in Wales. The specific geology of the Llandovery rocks underlying the monument shaped its form and the availability of stone for construction, anchoring this ceremonial site firmly within its local landscape.
Cefn Llwyd Round Barrow and standing stone is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG266. View the official record →
Cefn Llwyd Round Barrow and Standing Stone is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference MG266.
Cefn Llwyd Round Barrow and standing stone 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.
Cefn Llwyd Round Barrow and standing stone 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 MG266.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carn Fach Bugeilyn (2.8 km), Carn Biga, Pumlumon Fawr/Plynlimon (2.8 km), Cwmbiga long cairn (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cefn Llwyd Round Barrow and standing stone'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.
Cefn Llwyd Round Barrow and standing stone stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.