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Llyfanod round barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference FL196. The barrow sits upon Dinantian bedrock comprising limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks, formations that accumulated during the Mississippian period approximately 359 to 323 million years ago. This limestone-dominated geology is characteristic of much of lowland Wales and would have influenced both the construction materials available to those who built the monument and the landscape visible from its position.
Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, serving as burial monuments for prominent individuals or family groups. Their construction involved substantial earthmoving, creating a mound over a central burial pit or cremation deposit, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the period. The survival of Llyfanod as a recognisable earthwork demonstrates the relative stability of its location over millennia.
The limestone bedrock beneath Llyfanod would have been worked extensively by later communities, and the barrow's preservation reflects its protected status in modern times. Such monuments, scattered across the Welsh uplands and lowlands, form a crucial archaeological record of Bronze Age society and land use, anchored to the geological foundations that shaped prehistoric settlement patterns.
Llyfanod round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL196. View the official record →
Llyfanod round barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference FL196.
Llyfanod 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.
Llyfanod 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 FL196.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bron Fadog Enclosure (1.2 km), Round Barrow 135m SE of Lodge Farm (4 km), Round Barrow 180m E of Mwccwd (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Llyfanod 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.
Llyfanod round barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.