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Gors Lydan Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD106. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Ludlow Series, an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down in the Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period, approximately 425 million years ago. This solid foundation of mixed sedimentary rocks would have provided a stable base for the Bronze Age construction of the barrow.
Round barrows of this type typically served as burial monuments and were commonly constructed during the Bronze Age, though their use sometimes extended into the Iron Age. The barrow would originally have comprised an earthen mound raised over one or more burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status of the deceased. The combination of the underlying geology and the barrow's construction method suggests the monument formed part of the funerary landscape of prehistoric Wales.
Today, Gors Lydan Round Barrows remains a scheduled ancient monument, its preservation ensuring the survival of an important record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and ritual behaviour. The site contributes to understanding settlement patterns and social organisation among the prehistoric communities who inhabited this region of Wales.
Gors Lydan Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD106. View the official record →
Gors Lydan Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD106.
Gors Lydan Round Barrows 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.
Gors Lydan Round Barrows 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 RD106.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llananno Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post (3.8 km), Rhos Crug Round Barrows (5.3 km), Ffoeslaprey Settlement (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Gors Lydan Round Barrows'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.
Gors Lydan Round Barrows stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.