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Round Barrow 400m North of West Orielton is a prehistoric burial mound situated on bedrock of Pridoli age mudstone, siltstone and sandstone in Wales. The barrow represents a form of monumental burial practice characteristic of the Bronze Age, when communities across Britain constructed earthen mounds to mark the graves of significant individuals. The underlying geology of alternating fine-grained deposits provided a stable foundation for the mound's construction, and the local stone and earth would have been readily available for its building.
The barrow's location on the elevated terrain surrounding West Orielton places it within a landscape exploited by prehistoric communities for settlement and burial. The Pridoli bedrock, formed during the late Silurian period, weathered into workable clay and stone that early builders could quarry and shape. Such monuments served as permanent territorial markers and focal points for communal ritual, their visibility across the surrounding terrain reinforcing group identity and land claim.
The barrow is protected by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, under the reference PE525. This statutory protection ensures the preservation of the monument's earthwork structure and any archaeological deposits it contains. The site remains an important record of prehistoric funerary practice and landscape use in this region of Wales.
Round Barrow 400m N of West Orielton is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE525. View the official record →
Round Barrow 400m North of West Orielton is a prehistoric burial mound situated on bedrock of Pridoli age mudstone, siltstone and sandstone in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE525.
Round Barrow 400m N of West Orielton 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 400m N of West Orielton 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 PE525.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stackpole Farm Standing Stone (3.9 km), Flimston Farmhouse (4.6 km), Fishpond Camp (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow 400m N of West Orielton'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.
Round Barrow 400m N of West Orielton stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.