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Creggin Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD078. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, typically raised over cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of status within their communities. The barrow's form—a circular earthwork mound—would have been a prominent feature in the landscape when first built, serving both as a burial place and a territorial marker.
The monument sits upon Llandovery Rocks, a geological formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that dates from the Llandovery period of the Ordovician era. This relatively soft bedrock would have influenced both the construction of the barrow and its subsequent erosion, as the underlying stone type affects how the mound settles and weathers over millennia. The local geology also shapes the character of the surrounding landscape that the Bronze Age builders would have known.
Today, Creggin Round Barrow remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practice in Wales. Its preservation under Cadw's protection ensures that this monument continues to provide evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and social organisation in the region, even as the earthwork itself continues to be shaped by natural processes and the passage of time.
Creggin Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD078. View the official record →
Creggin Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD078.
Creggin 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.
Creggin 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 RD078.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Cairn 130m E of Cryn-Fryn (8.5 km), Corn Drying Kiln 340m S of Cryn-Fryn (8.9 km), Banc Ystrad-wen cairn cemetery (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Creggin 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.
Creggin Round Barrow stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.