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Heol y Mynydd Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM242. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as burial mounds for individuals of status within their communities. The monument sits upon Dinantian bedrock, a geological formation of limestone interspersed with sandstone and argillaceous rocks dating from the Mississippian period, which would have shaped the availability of stone and soil for its construction.
The barrow's location on this distinctive geological foundation is typical of Bronze Age burial practice in Wales, where such monuments were deliberately sited on prominent or significant landscape positions. The underlying limestone and associated rocks would have influenced both the practical construction methods available to the builders and the visual appearance of the mound itself.
Today Heol y Mynydd Round Barrow remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary traditions and landscape use in Wales. Its statutory protection recognises its significance as evidence for prehistoric communities and their relationship with the surrounding terrain, preserving it for future study and public understanding of the region's ancient past.
Heol y Mynydd Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM242. View the official record →
Heol y Mynydd Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM242.
Heol y Mynydd 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.
Heol y Mynydd 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 GM242.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwm Bach Camps (3.9 km), Rhyle Round Barrow (4.1 km), Buarth-Mawr Barn (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Heol y Mynydd Round Barrow'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.
Heol y Mynydd Round Barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.