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Bronze Age Round Barrows on Whinyard Rocks is a prehistoric funerary monument situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD190. The barrow was constructed during the Bronze Age, when such earthen mounds marked the graves of individuals or small family groups and served as focal points in the ritual landscape. The site exploits the natural topography of Whinyard Rocks, with its foundation resting upon Ludlow Rocks bedrock composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. These ancient sedimentary layers, formed in the Ludlow period, create an undulating landscape characteristic of this geological terrain.
The barrow's location on Whinyard Rocks reflects the Bronze Age preference for siting burial monuments on elevated or visually prominent ground. The underlying geology of Ludlow age deposits would have offered stable ground for the mound's construction, whilst the rocky terrain provided natural materials. Such barrows typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of Bronze Age communities.
Today the monument survives as a landscape feature, testament to Bronze Age mortuary practices and the continuity of land use across millennia. Its preservation under Cadw's stewardship ensures that this marker of ancient Welsh funerary tradition remains part of the archaeological record.
Bronze Age Round Barrows on Whinyard Rocks is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD190. View the official record →
Bronze Age Round Barrows on Whinyard Rocks is a prehistoric funerary monument situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD190.
Bronze Age Round Barrows on Whinyard Rocks 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.
Bronze Age Round Barrows on Whinyard Rocks 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 RD190.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cae-Banal Castle Mound (5.5 km), Old Radnor Castle (5.9 km), Llannerch cup-marked rock (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bronze Age Round Barrows on Whinyard Rocks'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.
Bronze Age Round Barrows on Whinyard Rocks stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.