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Round Barrow on West Slope of Freni Fawr is a prehistoric funerary monument situated on the western flank of Freni Fawr in Wales. The barrow sits upon Ashgill rocks, a bedrock of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Ashgill period. This geological foundation would have shaped both the construction methods available to the barrow's builders and the landscape's appearance in prehistoric times.
The monument represents a Bronze Age or earlier burial tradition, when communities erected earthen or stone mounds over the graves of their dead. Round barrows typically served as communal or family burial places and often held grave goods accompanying the deceased. The prominent hilltop location of this example suggests it held social significance within the local prehistoric landscape, visible from considerable distances across the surrounding terrain.
The barrow survives today as an upstanding earthwork on Freni Fawr's slope. It is protected and recorded by Cadw, the Welsh heritage body, under the reference PE292. Such monuments provide evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns, burial practices and the organisation of early Welsh communities across the Bronze Age and earlier periods.
Round Barrow on W Slope of Freni Fawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE292. View the official record →
Round Barrow on West Slope of Freni Fawr is a prehistoric funerary monument situated on the western flank of Freni Fawr in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE292.
Round Barrow on W Slope of Freni Fawr 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 on W Slope of Freni Fawr 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 PE292.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llanglydwen Churchyard Cross (8.9 km), Pant-Glas Round Barrow (9.2 km), Dol-Wilym Burial Chamber (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow on W Slope of Freni Fawr'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 on W Slope of Freni Fawr stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.