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Ynys Tudor Burial Mound is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CD130. The monument sits upon bedrock of Llandovery age, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone typical of this geological formation. These soft sedimentary rocks underlie the surrounding landscape and would have been partially exposed or readily accessible to the communities who constructed the cairn during the prehistoric period.
Round cairns of this type served as burial monuments and were typically built by stacking stone across an area of several metres in diameter. The choice of location on Llandovery bedrock suggests the builders selected a prominent position within the local topography, where the underlying geology provided a stable foundation. The stones used in the cairn's construction would have been gathered from the surrounding terrain.
The monument remains a significant record of prehistoric burial practice in Wales. Though the specifics of any internal structures or finds are not documented in the available record, the cairn's survival and protection reflect its importance as evidence of early funerary custom and settlement patterns in the region.
Ynys Tudor Burial Mound is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD130. View the official record →
Ynys Tudor Burial Mound is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference CD130.
Ynys Tudor Burial Mound dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Ynys Tudor Burial Mound 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 CD130.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen y Castell (8.3 km), Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch (8.9 km), Hen Gaer Hilltop Enclosure (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ynys Tudor Burial Mound'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.
Ynys Tudor Burial Mound stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.