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Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on bedrock of Pridoli age mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. The barrow survives as an earthen mound in the Welsh landscape, where such monuments are characteristic features of burial practice during the Bronze Age period, typically dating to between approximately 2200 and 800 BC. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference number BR079.
The barrow's preservation on Pridoli bedrock places it within a geological context typical of central and eastern Wales. This stable foundation of mixed sedimentary rocks would have provided firm ground for construction of the burial mound and its associated features. The mound itself, though its original form may have been modified by centuries of agricultural activity and weathering, remains a significant record of prehistoric burial practice.
Round barrows served as communal or individual burial monuments, often associated with cremated or inhumed human remains and accompanied by grave goods. This example contributes to the wider archaeological record of Bronze Age Wales and demonstrates the continued use of monumental burial practices in the region during the post-Neolithic period.
Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR079. View the official record →
Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm is a Bronze Age burial mound situated on bedrock of Pridoli age mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR079.
Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm dates from the unknown period, and is classified as a mound. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm 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 BR079.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mynydd Bychan platform cairn (6.7 km), Penywyrlod Chambered Tomb (6.8 km), Trefecca Fawr Garden Earthworks (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round Barrow 90m NE of Pipton Farm stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.