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Pant Ifan Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference FL105. The monument sits upon Wenlock bedrock, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Wenlock period of the Silurian. This geologically stable foundation would have provided a firm base for the barrow's construction in the Bronze Age, when such ceremonial mounds were raised across the Welsh landscape to commemorate the dead.
Round barrows are burial monuments typically comprising an earthen mound built over a grave or graves. At Pant Ifan, the barrow's form and condition reflect the monument's considerable age and exposure to centuries of weathering and land use. The underlying geology of the Wenlock rocks, whilst resistant to erosion, would have influenced how the builders sourced material for the mound and structured the burial chamber within it.
The barrow's preservation under Cadw's protection ensures that this important Bronze Age monument remains accessible for study and understanding. As one of numerous round barrows distributed across the Welsh uplands and lowlands, Pant Ifan contributes to our broader knowledge of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in this region during the Bronze Age.
Pant Ifan Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL105. View the official record →
Pant Ifan Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference FL105.
Pant Ifan 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.
Pant Ifan 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 FL105.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen-y-Cloddiau Camp (7.1 km), Coed Clattwn Moated Site (7.5 km), Pysgodlan Moated Site (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pant Ifan 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.
Pant Ifan Round Barrow stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.