This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help.
We don't have any photos of this monument yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
If Google Street View is available, the image is from the best available vantage point looking, if possible, towards the location of the monument. Where it is not available, the satellite view is shown instead.
Latitude: 52.403 / 52°24'10"N
Longitude: -3.9044 / 3°54'15"W
OS Eastings: 270536
OS Northings: 280036
OS Grid: SN705800
Mapcode National: GBR 90.PMBP
Mapcode Global: VH4FG.8VRR
Entry Name: Round Barrow SW of Pen-Rhiwlas
Scheduled Date: 10 April 1958
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 2568
Cadw Legacy ID: CD118
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round barrow
Period: Prehistoric
County: Ceredigion
Community: Melindwr
Traditional County: Cardiganshire
The monument comprises the remains of an earthen built round barrow, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrow is circular in shape on plan and has a rounded profile. It is c.20m in diameter and c.2m high. A low field bank runs north-south across it. Its top is somewhat irregular, which may suggest past disturbance.
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 be 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.
Source: Cadw
Other nearby scheduled monuments