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Fron Ddu Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CD124. The monument sits above bedrock of Llandovery rocks, undifferentiated deposits of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Llandovery period. This geological foundation provided the local material from which the barrow mound itself was constructed, as was typical practice for Neolithic and Bronze Age communities building burial monuments across Britain and Wales.
Round barrows represent the dominant burial tradition of the Bronze Age in Britain and Wales, typically containing inhumation or cremation deposits of high-status individuals. The substantial earthwork construction required considerable community effort, suggesting the person or family interred held significant social standing. The Llandovery geology surrounding the barrow would have been familiar to the prehistoric inhabitants who built and used the monument.
The barrow's survival to the present day reflects its protected status, preserving evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practice and community organisation. The monument remains an important record of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual behaviour in this part of Wales, contributing to wider understanding of how ancient societies marked and memorialised their dead within the landscape.
Fron Ddu Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD124. View the official record →
Fron Ddu Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CD124.
Fron Ddu 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.
Fron Ddu 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 CD124.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nant Bryn Isaf Ring Cairn (6.5 km), Cairn S of Banc y Geufron (6.8 km), Gareg-lwyd Defended Enclosure (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Fron Ddu 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.
Fron Ddu Round Barrow stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.