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Hen-y-Fail Round Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Flintshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference FL168. The barrow survives as a earthen mound and represents the burial practices of prehistoric communities in North Wales during the third and second millennia before the present era. Such round barrows typically contained inhumations or cremations and often incorporated stone constructions including cists or chamber elements. The monument contributes to the archaeological record of prehistoric ritual and mortuary behaviour across the region and remains subject to statutory protection by Cadw.
Hen-y-Fail Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL168. View the official record →
Hen-y-Fail Round Barrow is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Flintshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference FL168. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL168.
Hen-y-Fail 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.
Hen-y-Fail 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 FL168.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ministry of Supply Valley Site (4 km), Plas-Yw Round Barrows (4.3 km), Wat's Dyke: Section SE of Clawdd Offa (5.4 km).
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