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Pen-y-Crug Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales. The monument sits upon Dinantian limestone bedrock, a hard and durable stone formed during the Mississippian period and composed of limestone with subordinate bands of sandstone and argillaceous rocks. This solid geological foundation would have provided a stable base for the barrow's construction and has helped preserve the earthwork to the present day.
Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, serving as burial mounds for prominent members of prehistoric communities. The barrow's form—a raised circular mound—would have been clearly visible across the surrounding landscape, marking both a place of the dead and a territorial landmark. The underlying limestone geology of the site is characteristic of much of Wales, a region rich in such prehistoric monuments.
Pen-y-Crug Round Barrow is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under the reference GM153. This statutory protection recognises the archaeological importance of the site and ensures its preservation for future generations. The barrow remains a significant record of Bronze Age burial practice and landscape use in Wales.
Pen-y-Crug Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM153. View the official record →
Pen-y-Crug Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM153.
Pen-y-Crug 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.
Pen-y-Crug 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 GM153.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Penrice Ringwork (4 km), Penmaen Burrows Ringwork (4.1 km), Norton Camp (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pen-y-Crug 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.
Pen-y-Crug Round Barrow stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.