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Crug Bach Round Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference CM112. The barrow is a mounded earthwork of circular plan, characteristic of prehistoric burial mounds constructed across Wales during the third and second millennia before the Common Era. Such monuments typically contained inhumation burials, sometimes accompanied by grave goods, and served both practical and ritual functions within their respective communities. The site represents an important element of the prehistoric ceremonial and mortuary landscape of Carmarthenshire, reflecting patterns of burial practice and social organisation among early Welsh populations.
Crug Bach Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM112. View the official record →
Crug Bach Round Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference CM112. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM112.
Crug Bach 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.
Crug Bach 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 CM112.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross-Incised Stone in Churchyard (5.2 km), Ffos-y-Maen Standing Stone (5.7 km), Defended Enclosure 300m W of Pen y Gar (6 km).
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