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Hanton Round Barrows is a round barrow located in Pembrokeshire, Wales, dating to the Bronze Age period when such monuments served as funerary and ritual centres across Britain. The site comprises earthwork remains characteristic of Bronze Age burial practice, constructed as a mounded earthwork to inter the dead and mark their resting place within the landscape. As a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw protection, it represents an important Bronze Age funerary tradition in Wales and contributes to understanding prehistoric ritual and burial customs in the region. The barrow's survival as an upstanding earthwork allows continued archaeological study of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in Pembrokeshire.
Hanton Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE279. View the official record →
Hanton Round Barrows is a round barrow located in Pembrokeshire, Wales, dating to the Bronze Age period when such monuments served as funerary and ritual centres across Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE279.
Hanton 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 Britain.
Hanton 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 PE279.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow 300m NW of Tallyho (4.9 km), Garden Earthworks at Coedcanlas Farm (6.3 km), Burton Burial Chamber (6.3 km).
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