Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bryn y Fedwen Round Barrows
Llanbrynmair, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llanbrynmair
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.54389, -3.70899
- SAM number
- MG107
- Cadw record number
- 3770
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 1795 "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).
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 western barrow measures c.26m in diameter and is up to 2m high. The eastern barrow measures c.17.5m in diameter and is up to 2m high.
The monuments are of national importance for their 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 areas comprise the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. They are circles and each measure 40m, centred on the barrow.
Nearby in the register
- Foel Fadian Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Pen y Crogben Round BarrowGallows1 mi
- Pen y Crogben EarthworkEnclosure1 mi
- Cwm-hafod-marchNo class recorded1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.