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Moel Gyw Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE063. Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, serving as burial monuments for prominent individuals within their communities. The barrow sits upon bedrock of Ludlow Rocks, Undifferentiated, a formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that dates to the Ludlow period of the Silurian era.
The underlying geology of mudstone and siltstone with interbedded sandstone would have provided a firm foundation for the monument's construction. Local stone from the immediate landscape would likely have been incorporated into the barrow's structure. The Ludlow Rocks formation, characteristic of this region, would have been visible in exposed outcrops and quarries available to the monument's builders.
Today, Moel Gyw Round Barrow remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in Wales. Its preservation under Cadw protection ensures that this landscape feature continues to document the prehistoric communities who inhabited this area. The barrow's position on the Ludlow Rocks bedrock links it physically and chronologically to the deep geological history of the Welsh landscape it occupies.
Moel Gyw Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE063. View the official record →
Moel Gyw Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE063.
Moel Gyw 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 Gyw 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 DE063.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Coed Henblas Moated Site (3.4 km), Rhos-Ddigre Caves (4.4 km), Llyn Cyfnwy Round Barrow (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Moel Gyw 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 Gyw Round Barrow stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.