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Dry Burrows Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE060. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, typically forming prominent earthen mounds that served as focal points within the landscape. The site sits upon bedrock composed of Pridoli rocks—undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Pridoli epoch of the Silurian period. This geology would have been familiar to Bronze Age communities exploiting the local landscape for flint and other materials.
The construction of such barrows involved substantial labour, with earth and stone gathered to build the characteristic mound. The choice of location on this particular geology reflects Bronze Age land use patterns and burial practices that often emphasised visibility and accessibility within contemporary settlement patterns. Round barrows frequently contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of the period.
Today, Dry Burrows Round Barrows survives as a testament to Bronze Age funerary traditions and monumental construction. Its protection by Cadw ensures the preservation of this important prehistoric site for archaeological study and public understanding of Wales's ancient heritage.
Dry Burrows Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE060. View the official record →
Dry Burrows Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE060.
Dry Burrows 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.
Dry Burrows 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 PE060.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stackpole Farm Standing Stone (4.4 km), Flimston Farmhouse (4.7 km), Bulliber Camp (East) (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Dry Burrows 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.
Dry Burrows Round Barrows stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.