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Ffrith y Garreg-Wen Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under the designation FL110. The barrow sits upon Dinantian bedrock, comprised of limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks formed during the Mississippian period. This geological foundation would have presented considerable challenges to those who constructed and used the monument, requiring the excavation of burial chambers and the heaping of earth and stone across the resistant limestone base.
Round barrows represent a characteristic funerary tradition of the Bronze Age, typically serving as burial places for individuals of status within their communities. The monument's location upon the varied geology of the Dinantian sequence means the builders would have encountered different stone types during construction, potentially utilising the natural limestone outcrops available in the immediate landscape.
The barrow survives today as testament to prehistoric mortuary practices in Wales, its protected status under Cadw ensuring its preservation for ongoing study and public access. The monument remains an important archaeological resource for understanding burial customs and land use in prehistoric Wales.
Ffrith y Garreg-Wen Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL110. View the official record →
Ffrith y Garreg-Wen Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under the designation FL110.
Ffrith y Garreg-Wen Round Barrow 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.
Ffrith y Garreg-Wen Round Barrow 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 FL110.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bron Fadog Enclosure (3.8 km), Round Barrow 135m SE of Lodge Farm (5 km), Round Barrow 495m SE of Parc y Prysau (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ffrith y Garreg-Wen Round Barrow'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.
Ffrith y Garreg-Wen Round Barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.