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Pipton Long Barrow is a Neolithic long cairn situated in Wales, built upon bedrock of Pridoli rocks comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. The monument is a rectangular mound of stone, a characteristic form of communal burial structure dating to the fourth and third millennia BC. Long cairns of this type served as repositories for multiple inhumations, often placed within stone-built chambers at the structure's eastern end, and represent some of the earliest monumental architecture in Britain. The Pridoli geology underlying this site, deposited in shallow marine conditions during the Silurian period, provided suitable stone for cairn construction, typical of monuments built by early farming communities who exploited locally available bedrock and rubble.
The barrow is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw, the Welsh historic monuments authority, under the reference BR029. Its preservation reflects the archaeological significance of long cairns as evidence of early Neolithic settlement patterns, ritual practice and social organisation in Wales. The monument's survival on the upland landscape where it stands demonstrates the durability of these stone structures and their importance in understanding prehistoric Welsh society and burial customs over five thousand years after their construction.
Pipton Long Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR029. View the official record →
Pipton Long Barrow is a Neolithic long cairn situated in Wales, built upon bedrock of Pridoli rocks comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR029.
Pipton Long Barrow dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a long cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pipton Long 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 BR029.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Penywyrlod Chambered Tomb (5.8 km), Cefn Barn Ringwork (6.1 km), Bwlch Bach a'r Grib, round cairn to SW of (7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pipton Long 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.
Pipton Long Barrow stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.