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Pen-y-Crug Round Barrow is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Glamorgan, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM GM153. The barrow survives as a substantial earthwork mound, characteristic of the round barrow tradition that emerged during the Early Bronze Age and continued in use through the later Bronze Age. Such monuments functioned as focal points for ritual and funerary practices, typically containing inhumations or cremations of the Bronze Age community. The site represents an important element of the prehistoric ritual landscape of the Vale of Glamorgan region.
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 Bronze Age burial monument located in Glamorgan, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM GM153. 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).
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