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Corner Piece Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE528. The monument sits upon bedrock composed of Ashgill Rocks, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Ashgill period. This geological foundation of fine-grained sedimentary deposits would have provided a stable base for the barrow's construction.
Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments for individuals of status within their communities. The earthwork would originally have consisted of a mound of soil and stone raised over a central burial or burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the deceased's rank and the craftsmanship of the period.
The barrow's survival to the present day, despite millennia of weathering and agricultural use, demonstrates the durability of such monuments when built on stable geological substrates. Its protection by Cadw recognises the archaeological significance of this Bronze Age burial site and its contribution to understanding prehistoric settlement and funerary practices in Wales.
Corner Piece Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE528. View the official record →
Corner Piece Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE528.
Corner Piece 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.
Corner Piece 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 PE528.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mounds on the Island (6.3 km), Slebech Old Church (6.3 km), Sister's House (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Corner Piece 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.
Corner Piece Round Barrow stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.