RD251

Banc Gorddwr, round barrow on S side of  

20/12/2005  

Designated  

Powys  

Beguildy  

311183  

283000  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Round Barrow  

Prehistoric  

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 NW side of Banc Gorddwr. The grass-covered barrow is circular on plan and measures about 20m in diameter and up to about 0.9m in height. The surface of the barrow is hollowed and pitted, probably the result of robbing in the past. However, the majority of the base of the barrow remains well-defined and intact. 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 28m in diameter.