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Crugiau Cemmaes Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as an ancient monument under Cadw reference PE197. The site sits upon bedrock composed of Ashgill Rocks, undifferentiated strata of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Ashgill period of the Ordovician era. These geology-weathered slopes provided the building material and stable foundation for the monument's construction.
Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments for prominent members of prehistoric communities. The Crugiau Cemmaes barrows would have functioned as visible territorial markers on the Welsh landscape, their earthen mounds remaining prominent features across the surrounding terrain. The specific location and local stone resources influenced how such monuments were constructed and positioned within Bronze Age settlement patterns.
Today the barrows survive as archaeological records of prehistoric funerary practice and land use in Wales. Cadw's protection recognises the site's significance in understanding Bronze Age burial customs and the development of prehistoric Welsh communities. The monument's preservation allows continued study of how Bronze Age peoples utilised and modified the natural landscape of the region.
Crugiau Cemmaes Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE197. View the official record →
Crugiau Cemmaes Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as an ancient monument under Cadw reference PE197.
Crugiau Cemmaes Round Barrows 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.
Crugiau Cemmaes Round Barrows 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 PE197.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Foel Drygarn Camp (8.6 km), Tafarn-y-bwlch Deserted Rural Settlement (8.9 km), Tafarn-y-Bwlch Standing Stones (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Crugiau Cemmaes Round Barrows'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.
Crugiau Cemmaes Round Barrows stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.