Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Round Barrow S of Meagram's Corner
Beguildy, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Beguildy, Powys, recorded as Round Barrow (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Beguildy
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.39681, -3.16261
- SAM number
- RD088
- Cadw record number
- 737
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 180 Knighton (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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.
The monument comprises the remains of an earthen built round barrow, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). This barrow, also known as the Fedw Lwyd barrow, occupies comparatively low ground near the river Teme. It is circular in shape on plan, c.22m in diameter and has a rounded profile with a rather uneven surface, rising to a height of c.2m. A possible kerb of water-worn boulders was noted in an eroded area on its south side in the 1970s but has not been seen more recently.
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
- BryndraenogDomesticunder 1 mi
- Upper Tyn y CefnDomesticunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow Near Pennant PoundRound Barrow1 mi
- Lawn FarmDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.