Ffynnongroes or Crosswell Barrow Cemetery

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Cemetery of four plough-levelled round barrows or ring ditches discovered on 11 July 2018 during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance. The barrows are sited on level ground on a river terrace on the south side of the Afon Nyfer river. The four barrows are clustered closely together; three are aligned north-east/south-west comprising the two largest ring ditches framing a third smaller ring ditch in the centre of the alignment. The fourth smaller ring ditch lies outside this group. The two largest barrows are c. 50m diameter, with two smaller barrows each measuring c. 35m diameter. Only the south-western barrow displays evidence for internal features, in the form of an off-centre inner circular ditch and a possible entrance on the south side. The barrows are neatly framed within the present field boundaries suggesting the group was extant when the fields were laid out.

Discovered during the 2018 drought.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 11th Oct 2018