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Coed Clwyd Cairns is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Ludlow Rocks, a geological formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Ludlow period. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, under reference DE248.
Round barrows are earthen or stone mounds raised over burial deposits, typically constructed during the Bronze Age though some may have earlier origins. Built across the Ludlow bedrock, which provided readily available stone material, this cairn would have represented a significant communal investment in marking a place of burial and ritual significance within the prehistoric landscape.
The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of agricultural use and natural erosion on this Welsh terrain, testifies to the substantial construction of Bronze Age communities. Its protected status recognises its archaeological importance for understanding burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Wales, and its role within the broader pattern of ceremonial monuments that characterise this period across Britain.
Coed Clwyd Cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE248. View the official record →
Coed Clwyd Cairns is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales on bedrock composed of Ludlow Rocks, a geological formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Ludlow period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE248.
Coed Clwyd Cairns 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.
Coed Clwyd Cairns 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 DE248.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moel Llech Round Barrow (5.5 km), Tyn-y-Mynydd Round Barrow (5.5 km), Moel y Plas Round Barrow (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Coed Clwyd Cairns'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.
Coed Clwyd Cairns stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.