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Redstone Cross Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE154. The monument sits upon bedrock of Ashgill rocks, undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations that date to the Ashgill period. This geology would have been exposed or thinly covered when the barrow was constructed, providing the local population with suitable building material and a stable foundation for the earthwork.
Round barrows of this type typically date from the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments for individuals of status within their communities. The form represents a significant investment of labour, with earth and stone gathered to create a mound over a central grave or graves. The Ashgill bedrock beneath the site, composed of fine-grained sedimentary rocks, would have influenced both construction techniques and the preservation of any archaeological deposits within the barrow.
The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of landscape change and agricultural use, reflects the prominence of its original construction. Round barrows are among the most characteristic monuments of later prehistoric Wales, and this example contributes to understanding settlement patterns and burial practices across the region during the Bronze Age.
Redstone Cross Round Barrows is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE154. View the official record →
Redstone Cross Round Barrows is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE154.
Redstone Cross 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.
Redstone Cross 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 PE154.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Molleston Camp (4.1 km), Sentence Castle Mound (4.8 km), Blaengwaith-Noah Camp (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Redstone Cross 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.
Redstone Cross Round Barrows stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.