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Round Barrow and Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference CD259. The barrow lies on bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that would have been exposed or thinly covered when the monument was constructed, providing suitable ground for burial construction. The barrow's position and composition reflect Bronze Age mortuary practice, when such earthworks served as focal points for burial and ritual activity across the Welsh landscape.
The monument is accompanied by a standing stone, an association that emphasises the ceremonial significance of this location. Standing stones and barrows frequently occur in proximity, marking boundaries, territorial claims or sacred sites within prehistoric communities. The persistence of both features in the modern landscape at this location 700 metres west of Plas Gogerddan indicates their enduring physical presence and archaeological importance.
The barrow and standing stone together represent a rare survival of multi-element prehistoric settlement patterns in this area. Such monuments typically underwent considerable modification and damage through agricultural use over millennia, making protected examples of this type increasingly valuable for understanding prehistoric Welsh societies and their relationship to the landscape they inhabited.
Round Barrow & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD259. View the official record →
Round Barrow and Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference CD259.
Round Barrow & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan 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 & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan 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 CD259.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Fort 300m NW of Pen-Llwyn (3.9 km), Old Warren Hill Hillfort (5 km), Pen Dinas Camp (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan'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 & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.