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# Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn
Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn is a prehistoric burial mound of Bronze Age date, situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. The barrow is constructed upon Dinantian bedrock, which here comprises limestone formations interspersed with sandstone and fine-grained argillaceous rocks deposited during the Mississippian geological period, some 320 million years ago. This substantial stone base would have provided a stable foundation for the earthwork's construction.
The monument represents a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age, a period when such mounds served as prominent markers of high-status burials within prehistoric communities. Its location 270 metres northwest of the Traveller's Inn positions it within the regional landscape of Bronze Age settlement and burial practice in Wales. The barrow's survival, despite the passage of millennia, testifies to the enduring monumentality of its original construction.
Today the site remains an important archaeological record, protected under Cadw reference FL047. It contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age burial traditions, settlement patterns and land use in Wales, offering material evidence of the people who inhabited this landscape in prehistory.
Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL047. View the official record →
# Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn is a prehistoric burial mound of Bronze Age date, situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL047.
Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn 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.
Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn 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 FL047.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow 135m SE of Lodge Farm (3.9 km), Cae Gwyn Cave (4.3 km), Round Barrow 450m SSW of Llynfanod (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn'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.
Round Barrow 270m NW of Traveller's Inn stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.