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Crug y Bwdran is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CM074. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as burial mounds, typically serving as focal points for ritual activity and communal commemoration across the landscape.
The barrow sits upon bedrock of Llandovery age, specifically sandstone and conglomerate deposits interbedded together. These Ordovician rocks would have been locally available to Bronze Age communities, and their solid foundation would have provided a natural platform for mound construction. The geological character of the site shaped both the practical building methods and the visual prominence of the monument within its surrounding terrain.
The monument survives as an earthwork feature within the Welsh landscape, representing an important record of Bronze Age burial practice and social organisation. Such barrows frequently contain or mark interred remains, though the specific contents and archaeological history of Crug y Bwdran remain part of the ongoing record of Welsh prehistoric monuments. Its scheduled protection ensures the preservation of both the earthwork itself and the archaeological deposits it contains.
Crug y Bwdran is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM074. View the official record →
Crug y Bwdran is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CM074.
Crug y Bwdran 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 y Bwdran 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 CM074.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pant-Teg Standing Stone (1.2 km), Crugiau Edryd Round Barrows (2.2 km), Derlwyn round barrow cemetery (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Crug y Bwdran'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 y Bwdran stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.