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Bylchau Church Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales on geology of Ludlow age, where mudstone, siltstone and sandstone bedrock underlies the site. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, and is registered under reference DE036.
Round barrows were typically constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, featuring an earthen mound raised over cremated or inhumed remains. Their distribution across the Welsh landscape reflects the settlement and ceremonial practices of prehistoric communities. The proximity of this barrow to church land, as its name suggests, indicates that the site retained significance into the medieval period, when Christian places of worship were sometimes established near or amongst earlier monuments.
The Ludlow bedrock beneath Bylchau Church would have influenced both the barrow's construction and its survival. The relatively stable mudstone and siltstone geology provides the foundation for long-term preservation, whilst the local stone resources would have been available for any kerbing or internal structures. The monument remains an important record of Bronze Age burial practice in Wales and contributes to our understanding of prehistoric land use and belief systems in this region.
Bylchau Church Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE036. View the official record →
Bylchau Church Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales on geology of Ludlow age, where mudstone, siltstone and sandstone bedrock underlies the site. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE036.
Bylchau Church 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.
Bylchau Church 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 DE036.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gorsedd Bran Round Barrows (3.3 km), Blaen y Cwm Round Barrow (4.3 km), Rhiwiau round barrow cemetery (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bylchau Church 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.
Bylchau Church Round Barrows stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.