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Gilfach-Fach Round Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM CM115. The barrow represents the type of communal or individual burial structure typical of prehistoric ritual practice in Wales during the third and second millennia before the present. As a round barrow, it would originally have comprised an earthen mound raised over a burial deposit, possibly containing inhumed or cremated remains, and may have served as a focus for ceremonial activities related to ancestor veneration. The monument survives as a landscape feature that contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the region.
Gilfach-Fach Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM115. View the official record →
Gilfach-Fach Round Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM CM115. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM115.
Gilfach-Fach 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 Britain.
Gilfach-Fach 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 CM115.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ffos-y-Maen Standing Stone (4.7 km), Bwlch-Bychan Round Barrow (5.3 km), Defended Enclosure 300m W of Pen y Gar (5.5 km).
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