Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
RD252
Name
Round Barrow to W of Ty'n-y-ddol Hill
Date of Designation
17/09/2008
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Llanbister
Easting
313211
Northing
279073
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 saddle between Ty'n-y-ddol Hill to the E and Carreg Lwyd Hill to the NW. The grass and bracken-covered barrow is circular on plan and measures about 10.5m in diameter and up to about 0.6m in height. The barrow appears undisturbed.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The well-preserved 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.
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 22m in diameter.