Pen-y-Morwyd

Pen-y-Morwyd is a Bronze Age burial mound on the Isle of Anglesey in north-west Wales. It stands in open farmland near the village of Mechell, a quiet corner of the island where the land rises gently towards the coast. The mound measures about twenty-five metres across and two metres high, a modest but unmistakable shape in the flat landscape. The site was built by local communities around 2400–1500 BC as a place for ceremonies and to honour the dead. It is one of nearly four hundred round barrows recorded by Cadw, Wales’s historic environment service, and carries the reference number AN110. These mounds are the commonest type of ancient monument in the country, far outnumbering other prehistoric sites. Visitors can walk around the low grassy mound and see the wide views over Anglesey’s patchwork fields. The setting is peaceful, with only the sound of wind and distant farm machinery breaking the silence. The mound itself is unexcavated, so its interior chambers remain undisturbed beneath the turf. From the top, the horizon shows the mountains of Snowdonia on clear days.