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Block Wood Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG256. The monument sits upon bedrock of Ludlow rocks, comprising undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations deposited during the Ludlow epoch. This geological foundation provided a stable base for the construction of the burial mound in antiquity.
Round barrows represent one of the most characteristic monument types of Bronze Age Britain, typically constructed to mark the graves of individuals of significant social status. The earthwork would originally have comprised a circular mound of soil and stone, raised over a central burial deposit, with the surrounding ground flattened or slightly dipped to define its extent. Such monuments often served as focal points for ritual activity and continued use across generations.
Block Wood Round Barrow survives as an upstanding earthwork within its wooded setting, preserving physical evidence of Bronze Age burial practices and ceremonial landscape use in Wales. The monument's survival and statutory protection under Cadw reflects its importance to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and social organisation across the region. Like many barrows, it remains an unexcavated testimony to Early Bronze Age funerary tradition.
Block Wood Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG256. View the official record →
Block Wood Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference MG256.
Block Wood Round Barrow 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.
Block Wood Round Barrow 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 MG256.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crugyn Tump Castle Mound (5.3 km), Motte and bailey castle immediately south west of The Moat (6.8 km), Castell y Blaidd (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Block Wood Round Barrow'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.
Block Wood Round Barrow stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.