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Crugiau Edryd Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, comprising multiple barrow mounds that served as burial features for prehistoric communities. The site represents the ritual and mortuary practices of Bronze Age societies, with the round barrow form being characteristic of the second millennium BCE and earlier Bronze Age periods in Wales. The monument's designation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary customs in the region. The barrows form part of the broader landscape of Bronze Age ritual monuments in Carmarthenshire, contributing to understanding of how prehistoric Welsh communities marked and commemorated their dead.
Crugiau Edryd Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM073. View the official record →
Crugiau Edryd Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, comprising multiple barrow mounds that served as burial features for prehistoric communities. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM073.
Crugiau Edryd 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 Britain.
Crugiau Edryd 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 CM073.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring Cairn 50m North of Crug y Biswal (1.8 km), Crug y Biswal Round Barrow (1.9 km), Pant-Teg Standing Stone (2.1 km).
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