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Two Cooking Mounds E of Ty'n-y-Pwll is a prehistoric burnt mound located in Wales. Burnt mounds, also known as cooking mounds, are heaps of fire-cracked stone and charcoal-rich soil that accumulated around shallow troughs used for heating water. These monuments typically date to the Bronze Age, though some may be earlier or later in date. The mounds at this site rest upon Triassic rocks of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, which underlie the local landscape. The stones visible in and around the mounds would have been heated in fires and then plunged into water-filled troughs to bring liquids to boiling point, a process repeated many times and leaving behind extensive deposits of fractured stone and burnt material.
The two mounds together represent evidence of sustained prehistoric activity, whether for cooking food, heating water for textile production, or other thermal processes essential to ancient communities. The precise function and date of use remain matters for archaeological interpretation, though the scale of the site suggests repeated, purposeful activity over time.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, under reference GM365, ensuring its preservation as a record of prehistoric life and technology in the Welsh landscape.
Two Cooking Mounds E of Ty'n-y-Pwll is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM365. View the official record →
Two Cooking Mounds E of Ty'n-y-Pwll is a prehistoric burnt mound located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM365.
Two Cooking Mounds E of Ty'n-y-Pwll dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a burnt mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Two Cooking Mounds E of Ty'n-y-Pwll 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 GM365.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including East Orchard Manor House (8.7 km), Site of Medieval Mill & Mill Leat Cliffwood (8.9 km), Barry Castle (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Two Cooking Mounds E of Ty'n-y-Pwll'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.
Two Cooking Mounds E of Ty'n-y-Pwll stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.