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Coed Plas Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE050. Round barrows of this type were typically constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, often sited on prominent ground to remain visible within the landscape. The barrow sits upon Dinantian bedrock comprising limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks—sedimentary deposits formed during the Mississippian period over 300 million years ago. This underlying geology would have influenced both the construction method and the character of the surrounding terrain available to prehistoric communities.
The monument survives as an earthwork feature shaped by the processes of burial mound construction and millennia of natural weathering. Its position on the Welsh landscape reflects Bronze Age funerary practices and territorial awareness. The Dinantian limestone bedrock beneath the site, exposed in places across the wider region, provided the natural stone resources and geological character that shaped settlement patterns and land use in prehistoric times.
As a scheduled ancient monument, Coed Plas Round Barrow represents an important survival of Bronze Age funerary archaeology and contributes to understanding prehistoric burial practices and landscape use in Wales.
Coed Plas Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE050. View the official record →
Coed Plas Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE050.
Coed Plas 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.
Coed Plas 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 DE050.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Foxhall Earth Circle (1.3 km), Old Foxhall Round Barrow (1.3 km), Denbigh Town Walls (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Coed Plas 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.
Coed Plas Round Barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.