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Y Ffridd Round Barrow

A Scheduled Monument in Trefeglwys, Powys

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.5141 / 52°30'50"N

Longitude: -3.6641 / 3°39'50"W

OS Eastings: 287172

OS Northings: 291995

OS Grid: SN871919

Mapcode National: GBR 9B.GLJ2

Mapcode Global: VH5BN.F2TH

Entry Name: Y Ffridd Round Barrow

Scheduled Date: 25 January 2001

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 1366

Cadw Legacy ID: MG282

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Round barrow

Period: Prehistoric

County: Powys

Community: Trefeglwys

Traditional County: Montgomeryshire

Description

The monument comprises the remains of a earthen built round barrow, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC) and stand within 1km of the Llwyn y Gog barrow cemetery. The barrow measures 12m in diameter and 0.5m high.

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. It is a circle and measures 15m in diameter, centred on the barrow.

Source: Cadw

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