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Round Barrow 400m S of Church is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. The barrow was constructed during the Bronze Age, when such earthworks served as focal points for burial and ritual in the landscape. Its location on Pridoli bedrock—a foundation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Pridoli period—provided a stable base for its construction across undifferentiated deposits of mixed lithology.
The monument forms part of the barrow tradition that flourished across Britain and Wales during the second millennium BC, when high-status individuals and their grave goods were interred beneath mounded earth or stone. The positioning of this barrow 400 metres south of the local church reflects the long continuity of this site as a focal point in the settlement pattern, with ecclesiastical buildings often sited near or overlying earlier sacred monuments.
Today the barrow survives as an earthwork feature within the Welsh landscape. Its preservation under Cadw's guardianship ensures that this Bronze Age burial monument remains protected for future study and public access, contributing to understanding of prehistoric funerary practices and social structures in medieval Wales.
Round Barrow 400m S of Church is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR048. View the official record →
Round Barrow 400m S of Church is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR048.
Round Barrow 400m S of Church 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 S of Church 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 BR048.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Barn Ringwork (6.5 km), Bwlch Bach a'r Grib, round cairn to SW of (8.8 km), Bwlch Bach a'r Grib round cairn (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow 400m S of Church'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 S of Church stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.