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Pen-y-Wyrlod Long Barrow is a Neolithic chambered long barrow located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Neolithic period. The monument consists of a long earthen mound that originally contained a stone-built burial chamber, characteristic of the megalithic funerary tradition of prehistoric Wales. Such structures served as communal burial places and likely functioned as centres for ritual activity within their local landscape. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's records and remains an important example of early monumental architecture in the Brecon Beacons region.
Pen-y-Wyrlod Long Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR012. View the official record →
Pen-y-Wyrlod Long Barrow is a Neolithic chambered long barrow located in Breconshire, Wales, dating to the Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR012.
Pen-y-Wyrlod Long Barrow dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a chambered long barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pen-y-Wyrlod Long 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 BR012.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of Blaenau Stone Circle (2.9 km), Two bowl barrows and a lime kiln 220m west of Llan Oleu (4.5 km), Craswall Priory, associated building remains, pond bays and hollow ways (5.2 km).
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