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Mellington Hill Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM MG284. The barrow dates to the Bronze Age and represents the burial practices characteristic of that period, when such earthen mounds were constructed over cremated or inhumed remains as part of ritual funerary practice. The monument survives as a circular earthwork, typical of round barrows across Wales and the broader British landscape. Such structures served both as functional burials and as visible markers of social identity within prehistoric Bronze Age communities.
Mellington Hill Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG284. View the official record →
Mellington Hill Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM MG284. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG284.
Mellington Hill 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 Britain.
Mellington Hill 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 MG284.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section 175m east of Cefn Bronydd (6.3 km), Small enclosed settlement on Fron, 340m west of St John's Church (7 km), Small enclosed settlement on Castle Idris, 400m south west of Penrhiew Lodge (7.3 km).
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