Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mynydd Pysgodlyn Round Barrow
Mawr, Swansea, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 26 May 1950
- Community
- Mawr
- Unitary authority
- Swansea
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.72543, -3.97753
- SAM number
- GM202
- Cadw record number
- 3575
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 an earthen built round barrow, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). It is situated near to the summit of Mynydd Pysgodlyn. The partially disturbed barrow is circular on plan and measured about 22m in diameter with a grass covered stony ring approximately 0.6m high. An oval or rectangular structure is situated on the southern side of the interior, with its southern end lying in a gap in the enclosing bank.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Cairns 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
- Ring Cairn on Craig FawrEarthwork (unclassified)1 mi
- Llety ThomasDomestic1 mi
- The Water Mill / Melin FelindreIndustrial1 mi
- Cairn 250m SW of Banc Llyn-MawrRound Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.