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Pant y Menyn Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference CM311. Like other round barrows across Britain and Wales, it represents a communal or elite burial tradition established during the Bronze Age, though some examples originated in the Neolithic period. The barrow would have contained inhumation or cremation burials, possibly accompanied by grave goods, though such deposits are often lost to time and soil disturbance.
The monument sits upon bedrock of Llanvirn Rocks, undifferentiated Ordovician strata comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone of the Whiterock formation. This ancient geological foundation has supported human activity for millennia. The specific soil and stone composition of the site has shaped both its preservation and the conditions faced by those who constructed and used the barrow in prehistory.
Round barrows such as this were typically constructed by heaping earth and stone over a burial, often on elevated or visible locations within the landscape. The mound would have served as a lasting monument to the dead and a territorial marker within the Bronze Age community. Pant y Menyn's survival to the present day, protected under the Welsh heritage framework, allows continued study of prehistoric burial practices and landscape use in this region of Wales.
Pant y Menyn Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM311. View the official record →
Pant y Menyn Round Barrow is a prehistoric burial monument in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference CM311.
Pant y Menyn 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 y Menyn 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 CM311.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks SE of Clyn-Derwen (7.4 km), Roman Road 300m East of Bryn Farm (7.9 km), St Canna's Chair (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pant y Menyn 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 y Menyn Round Barrow stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.