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Hindwell Farm Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD063. The monument sits upon Wenlock Rocks, a foundation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down during the Wenlock period of the Silurian. This stable geology provided firm ground for the construction of these burial mounds, which would have been raised by communities engaged in farming and stock-rearing during the Bronze Age.
Round barrows of this type typically served as burial monuments for individual high-status members of society, their earthworks designed to be visible across the landscape as enduring markers of lineage and territorial claim. The barrows at Hindwell Farm represent a tradition of monumental burial that persisted across much of Britain and Wales during the second millennium BC, though many such mounds have since been reduced in height by ploughing and weathering.
The site's protection reflects its archaeological significance as a record of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns. The barrows contribute to understanding how Bronze Age communities used the Welsh landscape, occupying land with reliable water access and manageable terrain. Such monuments, though earthworks now softened by time, remain key sources of evidence for the beliefs, social structures and land use of ancient Wales.
Hindwell Farm Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD063. View the official record →
Hindwell Farm Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference RD063.
Hindwell Farm 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.
Hindwell Farm 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 RD063.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Nimble (1.3 km), Old Radnor Castle (1.7 km), Worsell Wood cairn cemetery (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hindwell Farm 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.
Hindwell Farm Round Barrows stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.