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Maes y Crug is a round barrow located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, and represents a funerary monument of the Bronze Age period. The site is recorded in the Cadw Historic Monuments register as Scheduled Ancient Monument CM328. Round barrows of this type typically served as burial monuments for individuals of status within prehistoric communities, and their presence across the Welsh landscape attests to established funerary practices and ritual beliefs during the Bronze Age. The barrow survives as an earthwork monument, preserving evidence of prehistoric mortuary activity and the ceremonial landscape of Bronze Age Carmarthenshire.
Maes y Crug round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM328. View the official record →
Maes y Crug is a round barrow located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, and represents a funerary monument of the Bronze Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM328.
Maes y Crug 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.
Maes y Crug 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 CM328.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Banc y Bettws Castle Mound (6.5 km), Odyn Jac Limekilns (6.6 km), Maesdulais Limekilns (6.7 km).
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