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Crug Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CD223. The site rests on bedrock of Llandovery age, a geological formation of sandstone and conglomerate deposits laid down in alternating layers during the Silurian period. This underlying geology would have provided local stone for the monument's construction.
The cairn represents a burial tradition widespread across upland Britain during the Bronze Age, typically constructed as a mound of stones heaped over a central grave or cremation deposit. The Llandovery bedrock's fractured sandstone and conglomerate would have yielded suitable stone for building and for constructing the grave chamber itself, making this location a natural choice for such a monument.
Today the cairn survives as a physical record of prehistoric funerary practice and settlement patterns in Wales. Its preservation under Cadw's protection ensures continued study of the site and its contribution to understanding Bronze Age communities in this region, whose lives were shaped by the landscape and stone geology that still defines the locality.
Crug Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD223. View the official record →
Crug Round Cairn is a prehistoric round cairn situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CD223.
Crug Round Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Crug Round Cairn 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 CD223.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cors Blaen Cothi Deserted Rural Settlement (5.2 km), Esgair Ffraith Round Cairns (5.3 km), Careg-y-Bwci (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Crug Round Cairn'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 Round Cairn stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.