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Rug Mound is a round barrow located in Meirionnydd, Wales, serving as a prehistoric funerary and ritual monument. The site dates to the Bronze Age and represents the burial practices and ceremonial traditions of that period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to inter the dead and mark significant locations in the landscape. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork of distinctive circular form, typical of Bronze Age barrow construction in Wales. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, Rug Mound preserves evidence of prehistoric ritual practice and material culture in northwest Wales.
Rug Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME019. View the official record →
Rug Mound is a round barrow located in Meirionnydd, Wales, serving as a prehistoric funerary and ritual monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME019.
Rug Mound 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.
Rug Mound 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 ME019.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blaen-y-Cwm Inscribed Stone (Now in Llandrillo Church) (7.1 km), Blaen Llynor round cairn (7.7 km), Craig yr Uchain (7.9 km).
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