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Gernos Mountain Round Barrow Cemetery is a prehistoric round barrow cemetery located in Wales. The site consists of multiple burial mounds constructed during the Bronze Age, when such monuments served as focal points for ritual practice and communal burial across the Welsh landscape. The cemetery's position on Gernos Mountain reflects a typical Bronze Age preference for elevated locations with commanding views of surrounding terrain.
The barrows sit upon Ashgill Rocks, a geological formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have presented considerable challenges for the construction of these earthworks. The variation in the underlying stone types created different soil conditions across the cemetery, which likely influenced where individual mounds were positioned. This bedrock geology remains visible in the surrounding landscape and has shaped the physical character of the site over millennia.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Heritage Monuments agency, under reference CD218. This official designation recognises the archaeological significance of the cemetery as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and social organisation in upland Wales. The site contributes to our understanding of how prehistoric communities used the landscape for ceremonial and mortuary purposes.
Gernos Mountain Round Barrow Cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD218. View the official record →
Gernos Mountain Round Barrow Cemetery is a prehistoric round barrow cemetery located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD218.
Gernos Mountain Round Barrow Cemetery 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.
Gernos Mountain Round Barrow Cemetery 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 CD218.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Defended Enclosure 250m NE of Pont Henllan (5.7 km), Pont Henllan Pillbox (5.9 km), Castell Pistog (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Gernos Mountain Round Barrow Cemetery'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.
Gernos Mountain Round Barrow Cemetery stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.