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Pen y Gurnos Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Ceredigion, Wales. The barrow represents a form of burial practice characteristic of the Bronze Age period in Wales, when such earthen mounds were constructed to inter the dead and serve ritual functions within prehistoric communities. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the reference Cadw SAM CD253, reflecting its archaeological significance to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the region.
Pen y Gurnos Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD253. View the official record →
Pen y Gurnos Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Ceredigion, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD253.
Pen y Gurnos 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 Britain.
Pen y Gurnos 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 CD253.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gelli Burial Chamber (5.5 km), Carn Wen round cairn (6.4 km), Nant-y-Mwyn Lead Mine Engine House, Rhandir-Mwyn (6.9 km).
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