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Ty Illtyd Long Barrow is a prehistoric chambered long barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR011. Dating to the Neolithic period, this monument represents one of the most significant funerary monument types of early farming communities in Britain. The barrow's construction reflects the substantial labour investment these societies devoted to communal burial and ceremonial practice, with the long mound typically containing a stone-built chamber where multiple individuals were interred over an extended period.
The barrow sits upon Lower Devonian bedrock comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations that developed during the Early Devonian period. These lithologies would have provided the local stone resources available to the barrow's builders, influencing both the monument's structural materials and the broader landscape character. The underlying geology shaped settlement patterns and construction possibilities for Neolithic communities across this region.
As a chambered long barrow, Ty Illtyd represents a distinctive architectural tradition found across Wales and the broader British Isles. These monuments served both practical and symbolic functions, providing permanent repositories for the dead whilst asserting community identity and territorial claims on the landscape. The survival of this structure demonstrates the enduring quality of Neolithic engineering and its continued significance as archaeological evidence for understanding early farming societies in Wales.
Ty Illtyd Long Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR011. View the official record →
Ty Illtyd Long Barrow is a prehistoric chambered long barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference BR011.
Ty Illtyd Long Barrow dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a chambered long barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ty Illtyd Long Barrow 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 BR011.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tyle Clydach Hillfort (4.6 km), Tump Wood Camp (5.1 km), Cwm Cwareli Longhouse and Long Hut (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ty Illtyd Long Barrow'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.
Ty Illtyd Long Barrow stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.