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Moel Dod round barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference RD249. The barrow sits upon bedrock formed from Wenlock Rocks, composed of interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that date to the Wenlock epoch of the Silurian period. This geological foundation, exposed in many upland Welsh valleys, provided local stone suitable for barrow construction and marked a landscape rich in mineral variation.
Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, serving as burial monuments for individuals of social status within their communities. The mound's position on the Wenlock sandstone and conglomerate geology is characteristic of barrow placement in upland Wales, where such elevated locations offered prominence within the surrounding terrain and relative ease of construction using readily available stone.
Moel Dod represents an important element of Wales's prehistoric archaeological heritage. Its scheduled status ensures protection of both the visible earthwork and any subsurface deposits that may contain evidence of burial practices, grave goods and settlement activity from the Bronze Age period. The monument contributes to understanding the distribution and density of burial practices across the Welsh landscape during prehistory.
Moel Dod round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD249. View the official record →
Moel Dod round barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference RD249.
Moel Dod 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.
Moel Dod 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 RD249.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell Tinboeth (1.7 km), Llananno Royal Observer Corps Monitoring Post (2.8 km), Moelfre Hill Deserted Rural Settlement (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Moel Dod 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.
Moel Dod round barrow stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.