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Prehistoric · Round Barrow

Crug Glas Round Barrow

Carmarthenshire, Wales
Cadw SAM CM113
Period
Prehistoric
Site type
Round Barrow
Broad class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Nation
Wales
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Crug Glas Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under reference Cadw SAM CM113. The barrow dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of burial practice characteristic of that period, when communal or individual interments were marked by earthen mounds constructed over the deceased and grave goods. The monument survives as a round barrow, a distinctive mounded earthwork that would originally have been more prominent than its current condition suggests. Such barrows served both as functional burial chambers and as prominent landscape markers that reinforced the territorial and social importance of the communities that constructed them.

Crug Glas Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM113. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Crug Glas Round Barrow?

Crug Glas Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under reference Cadw SAM CM113. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM113.

What period does Crug Glas Round Barrow date from?

Crug Glas 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 Britain.

Who is responsible for protecting Crug Glas Round Barrow?

Crug Glas 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 CM113.

What other scheduled monuments are near Crug Glas Round Barrow?

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 (5.8 km).

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