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Crugiau Leir Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, comprising a group of burial mounds that reflect prehistoric ritual and mortuary practice. The site consists of multiple round barrows typical of Bronze Age burial traditions in Wales, dating to approximately 2000–1000 BCE. These earthwork monuments served as repositories for cremated or inhumed remains and would have functioned as focal points for community commemoration and ancestor veneration. The barrows survive as distinctive earthen mounds in the landscape and are designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the care of Cadw, Wales's historic monuments service, reflecting their archaeological and cultural importance to understanding Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial practice in south-west Wales.
Crugiau Leir Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM163. View the official record →
Crugiau Leir Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, comprising a group of burial mounds that reflect prehistoric ritual and mortuary practice. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM163.
Crugiau Leir 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 Leir 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 CM163.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mynydd Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn Round Barrow (1.5 km), Crug y Bedw, S of Blaen-Rhyd-Fedw (1.7 km), Crug y Biswal Round Barrow (2.4 km).
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