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Hillbury Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE164. Round barrows of this type were constructed during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, typically comprising a mound of soil and stone raised over a cremated or inhumed burial, often accompanied by grave goods. The barrow sits on bedrock of the Warwickshire Group, which comprises siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone formed during the Early Permian period, giving the underlying landscape a distinctive geological character that would have influenced the availability of stone for monument construction.
The monument's survival into the modern period is testament to its robust earthwork construction, typical of Bronze Age funerary monuments in the Welsh landscape. Such barrows frequently contain evidence of burial practices, ritual deposition and the material culture of their period, making them valuable archaeological sites. The protected status reflects the importance of round barrows as markers of prehistoric settlement patterns and cultural practices across Britain and Wales.
Hillbury Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE164. View the official record →
Hillbury Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference DE164.
Hillbury 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.
Hillbury 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 DE164.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wat's Dyke: Section extending from Pentre-Clawdd to Wynnstay Park (5.8 km), Eyton Old Hall Moat (5.9 km), Gardden Camp (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hillbury 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.
Hillbury Round Barrow stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.