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# Bronze Age Tumulus north of Beili Haulwen
Bronze Age Tumulus north of Beili Haulwen is a prehistoric round barrow built during the Bronze Age, when burial mounds were raised across Britain and Wales to mark the graves of the dead. The monument stands on bedrock of Llandovery mudstone, siltstone and sandstone—soft sedimentary rocks that would have presented considerable challenge to prehistoric builders excavating the burial chamber and constructing the earthen mound above it.
Round barrows of this period typically served as communal or elite burial monuments, with the mound itself formed from material stripped from surrounding ditches. The Beili Haulwen tumulus represents the continuation of burial practices established in earlier Neolithic times, adapted and elaborated during the Bronze Age. Such monuments are distinctive markers in the Welsh landscape, recording the presence of substantial communities with the labour and organisation to undertake their construction.
The site is now protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under the reference RD192. This formal recognition ensures that the tumulus is preserved for study and as part of Wales's Bronze Age heritage. The monument remains an important testament to prehistoric Welsh society and burial customs.
Bronze Age tumulus north of Beili Haulwen is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD192. View the official record →
# Bronze Age Tumulus north of Beili Haulwen Bronze Age Tumulus north of Beili Haulwen is a prehistoric round barrow built during the Bronze Age, when burial mounds were raised across Britain and Wales to mark the graves of the dead. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference RD192.
Bronze Age tumulus north of Beili Haulwen 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 tumulus north of Beili Haulwen 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 RD192.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Bychan Mound (Pillow Mound) (5.8 km), Ty-Lettice Round Barrow (5.9 km), Ty Lettice Roman road (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bronze Age tumulus north of Beili Haulwen'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 tumulus north of Beili Haulwen stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.