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Beacon Hill Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD111. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of Ludlow Rocks, undifferentiated strata of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Ludlow period of the Silurian age. This geology would have been exposed on the hillside during the Bronze Age, when the barrow was constructed as a burial monument.
Round barrows are among the most distinctive monuments of Bronze Age Britain, typically constructed as earthen mounds raised over cremated or inhumed burials. Their placement on elevated ground, as here on Beacon Hill, reflects the prehistoric practice of situating burial monuments in visually prominent locations within the landscape. The local geology would have provided both stone and clay suitable for barrow construction.
The monument's survival and scheduled protection reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and landscape use in Wales. The Ludlow Rocks bedrock, composed of fine-grained sediments deposited in ancient seas, contrasts with the earthen mound that would have been deliberately built above it. This barrow thus sits as a tangible record of human ceremony and social practice layered upon the deeper geological history of the Welsh landscape.
Beacon Hill Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD111. View the official record →
Beacon Hill Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD111.
Beacon Hill Round Barrows dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Beacon Hill Round Barrows is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is RD111.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rhos Crug Round Barrows (3 km), Water-break-its-neck promontory fort (3.2 km), Rhos-crug Hill settlement (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Beacon Hill Round Barrows's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Beacon Hill Round Barrows stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.