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Moelfryn Round Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Wales, built upon bedrock of Llandovery sandstone and conglomerate. The underlying geology of interbedded rock would have presented a solid foundation, though quarrying stone for the cairn's construction would have required effort from the Bronze Age or earlier communities who raised it.
The cairn takes the form of a roughly circular heap of stones, a burial type characteristic of prehistoric Wales spanning from the Neolithic through Bronze Age periods. Such monuments typically mark the graves of individuals or small family groups and often contained chambers or cists where the deceased were interred, though the specific internal structure of Moelfryn Round Cairn requires archaeological investigation to determine.
The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference CD115. This statutory protection recognises its significance as a record of prehistoric funerary practice and community identity. The cairn's survival on the Welsh landscape makes it an important witness to the ritual and burial customs of Wales's earliest settled populations.
Moelfryn Round Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD115. View the official record →
Moelfryn Round Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Wales, built upon bedrock of Llandovery sandstone and conglomerate. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD115.
Moelfryn Round Cairn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Moelfryn Round Cairn 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 CD115.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cothi Roman Aqueduct (7.4 km), Banc Maes-yr-Haidd barrows (7.7 km), Annell Aqueduct (upper section) (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Moelfryn Round Cairn'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.
Moelfryn Round Cairn stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.