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Crug Bach Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument sited on the Ashgill Rocks of south Wales, where mudstone, siltstone and sandstone bedrock rises beneath the accumulated soils. Round barrows of this type, characteristically circular mounds raised over burial deposits, were constructed throughout the Bronze Age across Britain and typically served as communal or elite burial places. Their construction required substantial labour, suggesting social organisation and valued commemoration of the dead. The geology of the Ashgill formation, with its variable strata of sedimentary stone, would have presented both opportunity and challenge to those building the monument: stone was available locally for construction, yet the underlying bedrock's composition affected drainage and preservation of any interred remains. Crug Bach is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw, the Welsh heritage authority, reflecting its significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and mortuary practice in the Welsh landscape.
Crug Bach Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE206. View the official record →
Crug Bach Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument sited on the Ashgill Rocks of south Wales, where mudstone, siltstone and sandstone bedrock rises beneath the accumulated soils. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE206.
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 PE206.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell Bach (4.7 km), Castell Mawr Mound and Bailey Castle (4.9 km), Capel Bettws (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Crug Bach 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.
Crug Bach Round Barrow stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.