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Twyn-yr-Oerfel Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MM070. The site comprises a group of round barrows, earthen burial mounds characteristic of Bronze Age mortuary practice in Britain and Wales. These monuments represent the ritual and funerary traditions of Bronze Age communities, typically constructed over cremated or inhumed remains and often serving as focal points for small communities' burial practices. The barrows' preservation provides evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and religious beliefs concerning the treatment and commemoration of the dead during the Bronze Age period.
Twyn-Yr-Oerfel Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM070. View the official record →
Twyn-yr-Oerfel Round Barrows is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MM070. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM070.
Twyn-Yr-Oerfel Round Barrows 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.
Twyn-Yr-Oerfel Round Barrows 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 MM070.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ruperra Hillfort and Motte (5.5 km), Ruperra Castle (5.6 km), Ruperra Castle lower summerhouse remains (5.6 km).
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