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Round Barrow 180m NW of Groesfaen is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference FL056. The monument sits upon Dinantian bedrock comprising limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks, geology characteristic of the Mississippian period that shapes the local landscape throughout this region. As a round barrow, it represents a Bronze Age funerary monument, a common burial form across Britain and Wales during the second millennium BC, typically constructed as an earthen mound raised over cremated or inhumed remains.
The barrow's precise location, 180 metres north-west of the settlement of Groesfaen, places it within a landscape that has witnessed human activity across millennia. The underlying Dinantian strata would have influenced both the monument's construction and the terrain exploited by its builders for available stone and earth resources. Round barrows of this period often served both as places of burial and as enduring territorial markers within their communities, their conspicuous forms visible across ancient settlement patterns.
Round Barrow 180m NW of Groesfaen is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL056. View the official record →
Round Barrow 180m NW of Groesfaen is a prehistoric round barrow situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference FL056.
Round Barrow 180m NW of Groesfaen 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.
Round Barrow 180m NW of Groesfaen 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 FL056.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bron Fadog Enclosure (1.1 km), Round Barrow 495m SE of Parc y Prysau (4 km), Round Barrow 135m SE of Lodge Farm (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow 180m NW of Groesfaen's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round Barrow 180m NW of Groesfaen stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.