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Gorsedd Bran Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Denbighshire, Wales, consisting of a platform cairn with associated round barrows that served ritual and burial functions. The site represents an important example of prehistoric funerary practice in North Wales, dating to the Bronze Age period when such monumental cairns were constructed as focal points for communal burial and ceremonial activity. The monument's designation as a platform cairn indicates a substantial constructed landscape feature, likely serving both as a burial structure and as a ritual gathering place for the communities that built and used it. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, Gorsedd Bran retains archaeological significance for understanding Bronze Age mortuary practices and territorial organisation in the Welsh uplands.
Gorsedd Bran Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE168. View the official record →
Gorsedd Bran Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Denbighshire, Wales, consisting of a platform cairn with associated round barrows that served ritual and burial functions. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE168.
Gorsedd Bran Round Barrows dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a platform cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Gorsedd Bran 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 DE168.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bwlch-Du Round Barrow (2.6 km), Rhiwiau round barrow cemetery (2.8 km), Blaen y Cwm Round Barrow (3.2 km).
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