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Crick Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales and protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference MM151. The barrow sits upon bedrock composed of Triassic mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, geological formations laid down over 250 million years ago during the Triassic Period. This stable foundation of mixed sedimentary rocks would have provided suitable ground for the construction and preservation of the burial mound.
Round barrows of the Bronze Age, typically dating between 2200 and 700 BC, served as communal or individual burial monuments and often marked significant positions in the landscape. Built from earth and stone quarried locally, these structures functioned as focal points for settlements and ritual activity across lowland Britain and Wales. The Triassic geology surrounding Crick would have influenced both the appearance of the mound, through the character of available stone and soil, and its archaeological survival.
Today, Crick Round Barrow remains an important Bronze Age site contributing to understanding of funerary practice and settlement patterns in Wales during prehistory. Its protected status ensures preservation of both the visible earthwork and the archaeological deposits contained within it, allowing for potential future investigation and interpretation of this Bronze Age community.
Crick Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM151. View the official record →
Crick Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales and protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference MM151.
Crick Round Barrow dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a round barrow. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Crick 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 MM151.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Portskewett (2.6 km), Harold's House (site of) (2.6 km), Enclosure revealed by Aerial Photography (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Crick 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.
Crick Round Barrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.