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Y Ffridd Round Barrow is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wales and designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MG282. The barrow represents the funerary practices of prehistoric communities during the Bronze Age period, when such earthen mounds were constructed to mark the burial places of individuals or groups. The monument's physical form, typical of round barrows, would originally have comprised a raised earthwork of soil and stone, though its current condition reflects the effects of time and land management over more than three millennia. Such monuments serve as important archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age ritual practices, social hierarchy, and settlement patterns in prehistoric Wales.
Y Ffridd Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG282. View the official record →
Y Ffridd Round Barrow is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Wales and designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference MG282. It is designated a Scheduled 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 Britain.
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).
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