Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen y Gurnos Round Barrow
Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 18 August 2008
- Community
- Llanddewi Brefi
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.14652, -3.78759
- SAM number
- CD253
- Cadw record number
- 1230
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is located on top of a prominent NE-SW aligned ridge on Pen y Gurnos mountain overlooking the valley of the Afon Doethie to the W. The earthen barrow is circular in shape on plan and measures c. 20m in diameter and a maximum of 1.5m in height. Part of the original kerbing is visible on the SE side of the barrow. An Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar surmounts the mound.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The feature is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. The importance of the monument is further enhanced by the group value it shares with neighbouring barrows to the N and SW.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. The scheduled area is circular in shape on plan and measures 30m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Carn Saith-Wraig Round CairnsRound Cairn1 mi
- Capel Soar and attached houseReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
- Outbuilding by Capel Soar and attached wall to WReligious, Ritual and Funerary1 mi
- Blaen Nant-y-Rhiw Round CairnRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.