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Round Barrow 270m NW of Waen Isaf is a prehistoric burial monument situated on Dinantian limestone bedrock in Wales. The barrow represents a funerary structure erected during the Bronze Age, when such mounded graves served as the focus for community burial and ritual activity. Built upon a geological foundation of Mississippian-age limestone interspersed with sandstone and argillaceous rocks, the monument occupies a landscape shaped by ancient geological processes.
The barrow's construction would have required the gathering of soil and stone from the surrounding terrain to form its distinctive mound. The local Dinantian geology would have provided a ready source of stone for both structural elements and the hard-wearing surfaces typical of such monuments. Over millennia, the barrow has weathered into its present form, its profile modified by natural erosion and agricultural activity.
The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw's heritage designation FL077, reflecting its importance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and social organisation in Wales. Such barrows frequently cluster in ceremonial landscapes, suggesting their builders chose locations of significance to their communities. This example contributes to our understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary traditions across the Welsh uplands.
Round Barrow 270m NW of Waen Isaf is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL077. View the official record →
Round Barrow 270m NW of Waen Isaf is a prehistoric burial monument situated on Dinantian limestone bedrock in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL077.
Round Barrow 270m NW of Waen Isaf 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 Waen Isaf 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 FL077.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bron Fadog Enclosure (1.8 km), Round Barrow 180m E of Mwccwd (4 km), Round Barrow 135m SE of Lodge Farm (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow 270m NW of Waen Isaf'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 Waen Isaf stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.