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Castle Farm Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference DE105. Round barrows are earthen mounds constructed during the Bronze Age to serve as burial monuments, typically containing inhumation or cremation deposits within their structure. This example sits upon bedrock of Permian rocks comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate, geological deposits laid down approximately 300 million years ago during the Permian period.
The barrow's construction would have required substantial labour and planning, with earth and stone gathered from the surrounding landscape to create the distinctive mound form. The underlying Permian geology would have influenced both the materials available for construction and the drainage characteristics of the site. Such monuments functioned as focal points within their contemporary landscape, serving simultaneously as burial places and as prominent markers within the territories of Bronze Age communities.
The monument's designation by Cadw reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and social organisation in Wales. Round barrows remain important sources of information about Bronze Age populations, their beliefs, settlement patterns and material culture, making Castle Farm Round Barrow a valuable part of the archaeological heritage record.
Castle Farm Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE105. View the official record →
Castle Farm Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference DE105.
Castle Farm 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.
Castle Farm 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 DE105.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Plas-newydd Romano-British temple cropmark (2.6 km), Coed Henblas Moated Site (3.6 km), Craig Adwywynt Camp (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Castle Farm 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.
Castle Farm Round Barrow stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.