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Penlan-Noeth is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales, standing approximately 230 metres north-north-west of its recorded reference point. The monument sits upon bedrock of Llandovery formation, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Llandovery period of the Ordovician era. This geological substrate would have provided a relatively stable foundation for the barrow's construction during the Bronze Age, when such burial mounds were commonly raised across the Welsh landscape.
The barrow represents a significant expression of Bronze Age funerary practice, a period when communities commemorated their dead through substantial earthworks that dominated the local topography. The underlying geology of alternating fine sedimentary strata would have offered workable material for constructing the mound, whilst the outcropping bedrock perhaps influenced the choice of this particular location for the burial site.
Penlan-Noeth is protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, recorded under reference CD221. This protection recognises its archaeological and historical importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and burial customs in Wales, preserving it for future research and public understanding of the Bronze Age communities that inhabited this region.
Penlan-Noeth, Round Barrow 230m NNW of is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD221. View the official record →
Penlan-Noeth is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales, standing approximately 230 metres north-north-west of its recorded reference point.
Penlan-Noeth, Round Barrow 230m NNW of 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.
Penlan-Noeth, Round Barrow 230m NNW of 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 CD221.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell 270m E of Moeddyn-Fach (1 km), Castell Moeddyn (1.3 km), Whilgarn Ring Cairn (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Penlan-Noeth, Round Barrow 230m NNW of'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.
Penlan-Noeth, Round Barrow 230m NNW of stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.