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Pen-y-stryt round barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Wales, protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age, typically between 2200 and 700 BC, to mark the graves of individuals or small family groups. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Millstone Grit Group, a Namurian formation composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have been exposed or thinly covered at the time of the barrow's construction.
The barrow would originally have consisted of earth and stone heaped over a central burial pit or cremation deposit, with a surrounding ditch from which much of the material was quarried. Over millennia, such monuments subsided and eroded, but Pen-y-stryt retains sufficient form to be archaeologically significant. The underlying geology of harder, mixed sedimentary stone would have influenced the construction method and the character of the surrounding landscape available to the barrow's builders.
The monument survives as a tangible record of Bronze Age burial practice and territorial organisation in Wales. Its formal protection by Cadw ensures the integrity of the archaeological deposits and facilitates future study of this important class of prehistoric monument.
Pen-y-stryt round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL206. View the official record →
Pen-y-stryt round barrow is a prehistoric burial mound located in Wales, protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw.
Pen-y-stryt 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-stryt 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 FL206.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Abersychnant Cairn (8.2 km), Cefn y Gader Round Barrows (9 km), Cefn y Cist Cairn (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pen-y-stryt 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-stryt round barrow stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.