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Gatewen Hall round barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument situated in Wales. This earthwork belongs to the Bronze Age tradition of round barrow construction, when communities erected substantial mounds to commemorate and contain their dead. The barrow's survival to the present day reflects its robust original construction and relative protection from intensive agricultural disturbance over succeeding millennia. The monument is protected by Cadw, the historic environment service of Wales, under reference number DE290.
The site occupies ground underlain by the Pennine and South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation, a geological sequence of Moscovian age composed of interbedded mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal seams, ironstone and ferricrete deposits. This varied bedrock would have influenced both the character of the surrounding landscape and the soils available to the Bronze Age communities who selected this location for a burial mound. The local geology is characteristic of the coal-bearing strata that define this region's industrial heritage in later periods.
The round barrow represents an important survival of prehistoric monumental practice in the Welsh landscape. Such mounds typically served communities over an extended period, with successive burials or cremations interred within the mound structure. The monument contributes to understanding settlement patterns, land use and ceremonial practice amongst Bronze Age populations in this locality.
Gatewen Hall round barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE290. View the official record →
Gatewen Hall round barrow is a prehistoric funerary monument situated in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE290.
Gatewen Hall 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.
Gatewen Hall 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 DE290.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Middle Sontley to Black Brook Bridge (5.3 km), Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Black Brook Bridge to Pentre-Clawdd (6.4 km), Gardden Camp (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Gatewen Hall 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.
Gatewen Hall round barrow stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.