Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Crugiau Leir Round Barrows
Llanllwni, Carmarthenshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 8 October 1952
- Community
- Llanllwni
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.01175, -4.18463
- SAM number
- CM163
- Cadw record number
- 2143
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 1830 "V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of two earthen built round barrows, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrows are aligned north northwest to south southeast and are approximately 100m apart. The northern barrow measures 30m in diameter and is 1.9m high with a slightly concave top and white quartz stone protruding. The southern barrow measures 21m in diameter and is 1.6m high also with a concave top and white quartz stones visible.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Barrows may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Mynydd Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Crug y Bedw, S of Blaen-Rhyd-FedwRound Barrow1 mi
- Crug y Biswal Round BarrowRound Barrow1 mi
- Multi-purpose farm building at PerthyberllanNo class recorded1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.