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Llwynderw Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument situated on Caradocian bedrock comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. The barrow represents the ceremonial practices of Bronze Age communities, when such earthworks served as focal points for ritual deposition and the commemoration of the dead. The underlying geology of this Welsh landscape, formed during the Ordovician period, would have presented particular challenges and opportunities for the construction of such monuments, with the local stone resources available for incorporation into the burial structure.
The barrow survives today as an earthwork mound, its form shaped by both deliberate Bronze Age construction and subsequent weathering across millennia. Such monuments commonly contain central burials, frequently accompanied by grave goods, though the specific contents and condition of this example remain determined by archaeological investigation and record.
Llwynderw Round Barrow is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw, the Welsh Heritage Monuments service, under reference MG283. This designation recognises its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement, belief systems and land use in Wales. The monument contributes to understanding the distribution and character of Bronze Age funerary practice across the Welsh landscape.
Llwynderw Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG283. View the official record →
Llwynderw Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument situated on Caradocian bedrock comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG283.
Llwynderw 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.
Llwynderw 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 MG283.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Montgomery Medieval Town, Part adjacent to Westmead, School Lane (7.1 km), Town Bank & Ditches (7.2 km), Montgomery Medieval Town, Kerry Gate Extra Mural Settlement (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Llwynderw 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.
Llwynderw Round Barrow stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.