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Rhos Goch Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales. The monument rises from bedrock composed of Ashgill rocks—undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Ashgill epoch. This geology, typical of upland Welsh terrain, provided the substrate upon which Bronze Age communities constructed their burial mound. The barrow forms part of the broader tradition of round-barrow building that flourished across Britain during the second millennium BC, serving as a communal focal point and burial monument for local populations. The site's location on this particular geology reflects the settlement patterns and land use of prehistoric Wales, where communities established their ceremonial and funerary sites across the accessible moorland landscape.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage body, under the reference PE324, ensuring its preservation as a significant archaeological resource. Round barrows of this type typically contained inhumation or cremation burials, often accompanied by grave goods reflecting the status and beliefs of their interred individuals. The survival of Rhos Goch demonstrates the enduring nature of these monumental earthworks, which have remained visible features of the Welsh landscape for over three thousand years, providing valuable evidence of prehistoric burial practices and settlement organisation.
Rhos Goch Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE324. View the official record →
Rhos Goch Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE324.
Rhos Goch 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.
Rhos Goch 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 PE324.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pant-Glas Round Barrow (8.1 km), Dol-Wilym Burial Chamber (8.8 km), Yr Allor (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Rhos Goch 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.
Rhos Goch Round Barrow stands on Ashgill Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ashgill. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.