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Plas Newydd Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE101. Round barrows represent one of the most distinctive funerary monuments types of Bronze Age Britain, constructed as earthen or stone mounds over single burials or cremations. The barrow at Plas Newydd would have served as a permanent marker of the dead within the landscape, visible to communities passing through the surrounding terrain.
The monument sits upon Ludlow Rocks, an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Ludlow period of the Silurian. This solid bedrock foundation would have presented specific challenges and opportunities for the barrow's construction, influencing both the method of digging the burial pit and the procurement of material for the mound itself.
Like many round barrows across Wales, Plas Newydd Round Barrow demonstrates the continuity of funerary practice across upland and lowland regions during the Bronze Age. Its survival today, maintained under Cadw's stewardship, ensures that this Bronze Age burial monument remains a tangible connection to prehistoric settlement and ceremonial practice in the Welsh landscape.
Plas Newydd Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE101. View the official record →
Plas Newydd Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE101.
Plas Newydd 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.
Plas Newydd 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 DE101.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hwlffordd Round Barrows (1.2 km), Moel Fodiar Tumuli (3.5 km), Round Barrow 828m W of Cae-du (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Plas Newydd 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.
Plas Newydd Round Barrow stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.