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Croes Heol y Splott Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales, designated by Cadw under the reference SAM GM187. The barrow represents a typical example of the round barrow tradition that flourished during the Bronze Age, serving as a burial cairn or mound for elite or valued community members. Such monuments functioned as both funerary repositories and prominent landscape features that marked territories and preserved ancestral memory within prehistoric societies. The site remains a significant archaeological record of Bronze Age ritual and mortuary practices in Wales.
Croes Heol y Splott Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM187. View the official record →
Croes Heol y Splott Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Wales, designated by Cadw under the reference SAM GM187. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM187.
Croes Heol y Splott 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 Britain.
Croes Heol y Splott 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 GM187.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St. Illtud's Church, Early Medieval Cross, Cross Shafts and Pillar (2.7 km), Llantwit Major Gatehouse (2.7 km), The Chantry House (2.7 km).
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