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Coed Shepherd Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Wales on bedrock of Wenlock age mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as communal or individual burial monuments, their earthen mounds constructed over cremated or inhumed remains. The monument's position on Wenlock geology, formed in a shallow sea over 420 million years ago, places it within a landscape shaped by ancient sedimentary deposits that weather to create the rolling terrain characteristic of Welsh upland regions.
The barrow itself represents a tradition of monumental burial practice that dominated Bronze Age Britain, roughly 2200 to 700 BC. Such structures functioned both as functional sepulchres and as permanent markers of ancestral presence within the landscape, visible across considerable distances and reinforcing community identity and territorial claims.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage authority, under reference FL183, recognising its archaeological significance and its contribution to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and social organisation in Wales. The survival of such earthworks depends greatly on their setting and protection from agricultural disturbance, making their statutory designation essential for long-term preservation.
Coed Shepherd Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL183. View the official record →
Coed Shepherd Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Wales on bedrock of Wenlock age mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL183.
Coed Shepherd 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 Shepherd 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 FL183.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-y-Cloddiau Camp (6.4 km), Penbedw Park Stone Circle & Standing Stone (8.2 km), Moel Arthur Camp (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Coed Shepherd 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 Shepherd Round Barrow stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.