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Cefn y Gader Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Denbighshire, Wales, comprising multiple burial mounds constructed during the second millennium BC. The site represents the ritual and funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in north Wales, reflecting their beliefs concerning the treatment and commemoration of the dead. The barrows form part of a broader landscape of prehistoric ceremonial monuments characteristic of the Bronze Age period in the region. The monument is protected under the Cadw scheduling system as a site of national archaeological importance, preserving evidence of prehistoric religious and burial customs.
Cefn y Gader Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE070. View the official record →
Cefn y Gader Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Denbighshire, Wales, comprising multiple burial mounds constructed during the second millennium BC. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE070.
Cefn y Gader 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 Britain.
Cefn y Gader 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 DE070.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen y Gaer Hillfort (6.2 km), Castell Dinas Bran (6.5 km), Pont y Cysylltau (7 km).
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