Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pentre Farm Barrow
Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, recorded as Round Barrow (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 November 2005
- Community
- Llanelltyd
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.75492, -3.89590
- SAM number
- ME248
- Cadw record number
- 1149
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (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.
This large and impressive mound is in a small enclosed field immediately adjacent to Pentre farmhouse. It is sub-circular and measures 22m in diameter and 2.8m tall. The mound is built of soil and stones, and is almost entirely covered by a grass sward. Partial excavation in 1871 revealed burnt bone, structural features and artefacts including spindle whorls and lead and bronze objects.
The barrow was constructed for ritual and funerary purposes in the Bronze Age (c 2300 BC - 800 BC). The artefacts recovered from excavation also indicate that it was re-used in the Early Medieval period (the latter period of the first millennium AD). The monument possesses a combination of high quality attributes and this diversity provides an insight into the ritual and funerary practices of two distinct chronological periods. A mound of this size also represents a significant and rare lowland survival.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is an irregular rectangle on plan. The boundary of the scheduled area is as follows: N edge follows the S side of the track for 18m; the W edge follows the N-S field boundary to the W for 20m; the E edge follows the N-S fence line to the E - where this turns E, the boundary projects a further 8m S in a straight line; the S edge runs E-W from this point to meet the W field boundary.
Nearby in the register
- Byre at Cymer AbbeyAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Cymer AbbeyReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Cymer AbbeyAbbeyunder 1 mi
- Former Domestic Range to the S of Ty FannerDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.