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Moel Gamelin Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE068. The barrow sits upon geology of the Ludlow series, where mudstone, siltstone and sandstone bedrock underlies the site, providing a firm foundation typical of the upland landscapes favoured for Bronze Age burial construction across Wales and the Marches.
Round barrows served as communal or individual burial sites during the Bronze Age, though this monument's specific construction details and any excavation records would determine its precise date within that broad period. The choice of location on higher ground, characteristic of barrows in this region, would have made the monument a prominent feature in the local landscape, visible from considerable distances and serving as an enduring marker of ancestral presence.
Today, the barrow survives as an earthwork on the Welsh countryside, its preservation secured through Cadw's stewardship. Such monuments remain invaluable archaeological resources, recording in their physical form the burial practices, territorial organisation and spiritual beliefs of prehistoric communities who inhabited this landscape many centuries before written history began.
Moel Gamelin Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE068. View the official record →
Moel Gamelin Round Barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE068.
Moel Gamelin 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 Gamelin 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 DE068.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eliseg's Pillar & Tumulus (3.3 km), Valle Crucis Abbey (3.7 km), Creigiau Eglwyseg Cairn (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Moel Gamelin 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 Gamelin Round Barrow stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.