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Hwlffordd Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference DE197. The site sits upon bedrock of Ludlow Rocks, Undifferentiated formation, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone typical of the Ludlow period. This geology provides the parent material from which the barrow's earthwork was constructed, with local stone and soil available for the monument's build.
Round barrows of this type were erected during the Bronze Age as burial monuments, typically marking the grave of a person of status within the prehistoric community. The barrow would have contained an inhumation or cremation burial, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the individual's wealth and position. Such monuments served as enduring markers in the landscape, functioning as focal points for ritual and burial practice over successive generations.
The barrow's survival to the present day, despite the passage of millennia and subsequent agricultural use of the Welsh landscape, reflects both the scale of its original construction and the protective measures now afforded by scheduled monument status. The Ludlow bedrock upon which it stands has shaped not only the barrow's form but also the character of the surrounding terrain, which would have been familiar to the Bronze Age communities who built and used this monument for their dead.
Hwlffordd Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE197. View the official record →
Hwlffordd Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference DE197.
Hwlffordd 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.
Hwlffordd 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 DE197.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Plas Newydd Round Barrow (1.2 km), Round Barrow 828m W of Cae-du (3.4 km), Bylchau Church Round Barrows (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hwlffordd 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.
Hwlffordd Round Barrows stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.