Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Moel Sych Round Barrow
Llandrillo, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round barrow cairn
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llandrillo
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.87607, -3.38876
- SAM number
- DE067
- Cadw record number
- 2931
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a stone-built round cairn, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The cairn is circular in shape on plan with a diameter of c.16m and height 1m. It is surmounted by a modern walkers' cairn. A kerb may be perceived beneath the turf, particularly on the south side.
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
- Craig Berwyn Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Cwm Rhiwiau Stone CircleStone Circleunder 1 mi
- Rhos-y-Beddau Stone Circle, Avenue and CairnStone Circle1 mi
- Afon Disgynfa CairnRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.