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Foxhill Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE326. The monument sits upon bedrock comprising Caradoc Rocks, a formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Caradocian period of the Ordovician. This geological foundation would have shaped both the construction methods available to those who built the barrow and the long-term stability of the earthwork itself.
Round barrows represent one of the most widespread and enduring monument types of prehistoric Britain, used as burial mounds across several millennia from the Neolithic into the Bronze Age. Their presence across the Welsh landscape indicates sustained patterns of ceremonial burial practice and territorial marking throughout prehistory. The Caradoc bedrock underlying Foxhill would have required those constructing the barrow to work with the natural stone and soil conditions particular to this location.
The monument's survival and formal protection reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice and settlement patterns in Wales. Such barrows, when excavated, have often yielded artefacts and human remains that illuminate burial customs, social organisation and material culture of the communities that built them. Foxhill Round Barrow thus stands as a tangible link to the prehistoric inhabitants of this region.
Foxhill Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE326. View the official record →
Foxhill Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE326.
Foxhill 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.
Foxhill 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 PE326.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Court Moated Site (6.2 km), Castell Eglwyswrw (7.1 km), Castell Henllys (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Foxhill 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.
Foxhill Round Barrow stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.