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Moel Sych Round Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow situated in Wales, constructed from stone gathered from the surrounding landscape. The monument comprises a circular cairn typical of funerary monuments erected during the Bronze Age, when such structures served as burial places for individuals of status within their communities. The barrow's construction would have been a significant communal undertaking, with stones carefully arranged to form a durable mound.
The barrow sits upon bedrock composed of Caradoc Rocks, undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Caradocian geological period. These local stone resources would have been readily available to Bronze Age communities for the construction of the cairn, with the natural outcrops of harder strata providing suitable material for the monument's structure. The geology of the site directly shaped the building methods and materials employed.
Moel Sych Round Barrow is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage service, as a scheduled monument under reference DE067. The barrow remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practice and social organisation in Wales, preserving evidence of ancient ceremonial and funerary customs within the landscape where Bronze Age communities lived and died.
Moel Sych Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE067. View the official record →
Moel Sych Round Barrow is a Bronze Age round barrow situated in Wales, constructed from stone gathered from the surrounding landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE067.
Moel Sych Round Barrow dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a round barrow cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Moel Sych 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 DE067.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craig Rhiwarth Ancient Village (4.9 km), Nant y Gangen Ddu Round Cairns (5.2 km), Y Gribin Round Cairn (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Moel Sych Round Barrow's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Moel Sych Round Barrow stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.