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Ysgwennant Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference DE277. Round barrows of this type were erected during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, typically covering single or multiple interments beneath earthen mounds. The monument sits upon bedrock of Caradoc Rocks, undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician era, geology that would have provided a stable base for construction and influenced the availability of stone for any formal burial chambers or cists that may have accompanied the barrow's creation.
The monument represents a significant phase of prehistoric funerary practice in Wales, when communities invested considerable labour in constructing permanent markers for their dead. The character and visibility of such monuments across the landscape made them focal points for their surrounding territories, often sited on higher ground or distinctive topographical features to command attention.
Today, Ysgwennant Barrow survives as an important archaeological resource, its protected status ensuring preservation of the stratigraphy, deposits and potential artefactual evidence that may yet contribute to understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in this region of Wales.
Ysgwennant Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE277. View the official record →
Ysgwennant Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument under reference DE277.
Ysgwennant 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.
Ysgwennant 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 DE277.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sycharth Mound and Bailey Castle (4.9 km), Llwyn Bryn-Dinas Camp (6.1 km), Plas Uchaf Enclosure (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Ysgwennant 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.
Ysgwennant Barrow stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.