Round Barrow & Standing Stone 700m W of Plas Gogerddan

A round burial mound stands on farmland 700 m west of Plas Gogerddan in Ceredigion. Built about 4,000 years ago by Bronze Age people, it measures 14 m across and is surrounded by a ditch 25 m wide. The site is one of nearly 400 similar mounds listed by Cadw, more than any other kind of ancient monument in Wales. Cadw has given it the reference number CD259, placing it among the country’s protected sites. Most of these mounds were raised between 2400 and 1500 BC, after the first ones appeared around 3000 BC. Their purpose was both ceremonial and funerary, marking places for gatherings or for burying the dead. Visitors find a low grassy circle on open ground, its edges softened by time. The ditch around it is still visible, forming a shallow ring that once held a palisade. From the mound there are wide views across the valley, showing how the land was shaped by those who built it long ago.