CM012

Waun Pwtlyn Long Barrow  

 

Designated  

Carmarthenshire  

Llangadog  

270885  

226015  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Long Barrow  

Prehistoric  

The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument. The monument consists of the remains of a long barrow. A long barrow is a rectangular or trapezoidal earthen mound of Neolithic date, usually accompanied by flanking or encircling ditches, and normally associated with human remains. Mound construction and associated features vary considerably in type and complexity. The barrow is situated on a low rise among undulating ground on the west side of the Afon Swadde. It consists of a mound of earth and stones measuring about 30m north north east to south south west by up to 20m transversely and has a height of c 1.6m 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 intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface. Long 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.