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Three Round Barrows in Cwm Wood is a prehistoric round barrow monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference FL192. The site comprises three distinct burial mounds constructed during the Bronze Age, a period when such earthworks served as focal points for ritual and commemoration within prehistoric communities. The barrows are sited on Wenlock Rocks, a foundation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Wenlock period of the Palaeozoic era, which creates a generally undulating terrain characteristic of mid-Wales.
The three barrows represent a clustered burial tradition common in Bronze Age Wales, where communities often grouped monuments together across the landscape. The underlying geology of Wenlock Rocks would have presented both challenges and opportunities for construction; the soft sedimentary bedrock allowed for the cutting of burial features, whilst the natural slopes and drainage patterns of the wood would have influenced placement and visibility of the mounds.
The monument survives as earthwork remains within Cwm Wood, where woodland conditions have shaped the preservation and interpretation of these ancient structures. The grouping of three barrows at this location reflects patterns of mortuary practice and territorial organisation in prehistoric Wales, with the wood itself providing a setting that has protected these Bronze Age features from agricultural disturbance and development.
Three Round Barrows in Cwm Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL192. View the official record →
Three Round Barrows in Cwm Wood is a prehistoric round barrow monument located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference FL192.
Three Round Barrows in Cwm Wood 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.
Three Round Barrows in Cwm Wood 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 FL192.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pysgodlan Moated Site (8.1 km), Cefn Cave (8.1 km), Coed Clattwn Moated Site (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Three Round Barrows in Cwm Wood'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.
Three Round Barrows in Cwm Wood stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.