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Pentre Farm Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference ME248. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age, typically serving as burial monuments for individuals of status within their communities. The monument sits upon bedrock of Upper Cambrian age, specifically including Tremadoc strata formed during the Tremadocian period, composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits that underlie much of the surrounding landscape.
The barrow's construction would have involved the accumulation of earth and stone over an inhumed burial, creating a visible mound that served both as a practical grave marker and as a monument to the deceased. The underlying geology of mudstone and siltstone would have offered relatively stable ground for such construction, whilst the sandstone layers provided harder strata at depth. The monument's survival to the present day reflects both its solid archaeological construction and the protective status that Cadw has accorded it.
Today, Pentre Farm Barrow remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in Wales. Its scheduled monument designation ensures its preservation for future study and interpretation, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric communities and their relationship with the landscape.
Pentre Farm Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME248. View the official record →
Pentre Farm Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference ME248.
Pentre Farm 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.
Pentre Farm 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 ME248.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tyddyn-y-Coed Camp (4.3 km), Maes Coch Deserted Rural Settlement (4.4 km), Maes Coch Hut Circles (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pentre Farm 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.
Pentre Farm Barrow stands on Upper Cambrian, Including Tremadoc, bedrock that formed in the Tremadocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.