Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
RD246
Name
Maesgwyn round barrow
Date of Designation
22/09/2004
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Glasbury
Easting
316379
Northing
243551
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Round Barrow
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a round barrow, a burial mound probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in open moorland on the S-facing slopes of the Begwns. The grass-covered barrow is circular on plan and measures about 19.5m in diameter and up to 1.6m in height. There is a large central crater and an associated spoil heap situated on its SW side.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface.
The area scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 26m in diameter.