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Coed y Dinas Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG281. The barrow sits upon Wenlock bedrock, a sequence of mudstones, siltstones and sandstones laid down during the Wenlock period of the Palaeozoic era. This geological foundation would have provided relatively stable ground for construction, though the softer Wenlock rocks could have been susceptible to weathering and erosion over the millennia since the monument's creation.
Round barrows are typically Bronze Age funerary monuments, raised as burial mounds over individual graves or cremation deposits. The form and positioning of Coed y Dinas suggests it follows the established tradition of such monuments in Wales, which often occupy elevated or topographically significant locations. The immediate landscape and surviving earthwork provide evidence of the monument's original scale and purpose, though like many barrows in upland and forested areas, the precise dimensions and internal structure would require archaeological investigation to fully establish.
The monument's designation by Cadw reflects its importance as a record of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in Wales. Such barrows remain among the most visible surviving remains of prehistoric Wales, serving as tangible links to communities whose lives shaped the Welsh landscape thousands of years ago.
Coed y Dinas Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG281. View the official record →
Coed y Dinas Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG281.
Coed y Dinas 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 y Dinas 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 MG281.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section 430yds (390m) in length S of Chirbury-Montgomery road (8.8 km), Motte castle at the south end of East Dudston hamlet (8.8 km), Ffridd Faldwyn Camp (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Coed y Dinas 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 y Dinas Round Barrow stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.