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Y Ffridd Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference MG282. Round barrows of this type typically served as burial monuments for individuals or small family groups during the Bronze Age, constructed to be visible landmarks within the landscape. The barrow sits upon bedrock composed of Llandovery Rocks—undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations dating to the Llandovery period of the Silurian geological age.
The monument's position on Llandovery geology is characteristic of Bronze Age settlement patterns in Wales, where communities selected locations across varied terrain for their burial monuments. The underlying sedimentary rocks would have influenced the surrounding soil composition and land use, determining the types of vegetation and agricultural potential that attracted prehistoric communities to establish their settlements and ritual sites in this locality.
As a protected monument, Y Ffridd Round Barrow contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age burial practices in Wales. Its survival to the present day, despite centuries of agricultural activity and landscape change, preserves physical evidence of prehistoric funerary tradition and the organisation of ancient communities within their territorial landscape.
Y Ffridd Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG282. View the official record →
Y Ffridd Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference MG282.
Y Ffridd Round Barrow 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.
Y Ffridd Round 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 MG282.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwmbiga long cairn (3.1 km), Dinas Camp (4.5 km), Carn Biga, Pumlumon Fawr/Plynlimon (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Y Ffridd Round 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.
Y Ffridd Round Barrow stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.