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Foel Feddau Round Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument sited on high ground in Wales, consisting of a mound of stacked stone built over bedrock of Arenig age mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. Round cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as communal or individual burial places, often marking prominent landscape positions to remain visible across generations. The use of stone construction, practical on this moorland terrain where suitable stone lay ready at hand, ensured the cairn's durability across millennia.
The monument occupies terrain where bedrock geology determined both its feasibility and character. The Arenig rocks underlying the site, formed during the early Paleozoic era, break naturally into fragments suitable for cairn building. The elevated location provided a commanding presence in the landscape and may have served practical functions for Bronze Age communities beyond burial, such as territorial marking or assembly points.
The cairn is now protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage protection organisation, under scheduled monument reference PE301. This designation recognises its archaeological significance and ensures its preservation. The monument survives as an enduring record of prehistoric land use and burial practice, its position on the moorland offering insight into how ancient communities selected and utilised their landscape.
Foel Feddau Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE301. View the official record →
Foel Feddau Round Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument sited on high ground in Wales, consisting of a mound of stacked stone built over bedrock of Arenig age mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE301.
Foel Feddau Round Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Foel Feddau Round Cairn 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 PE301.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hill Slope Enclosure, 400m WNW of Parc Robert (7.1 km), Round Barrow SE of Goodwins Row, Efailwen (7.4 km), Maen Pica (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Foel Feddau Round Cairn'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.
Foel Feddau Round Cairn stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.