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Round Barrow N of Rosemary Lane is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under the reference PE328. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Millstone Grit Group, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Namurian period of the Carboniferous era. This geological foundation of hard, coarse sediments would have presented considerable challenges to those who constructed and used this burial monument in antiquity.
Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age, between approximately 2200 and 700 BC, and represent the burial practices of communities across Britain and Ireland. They usually contained cremated or inhumed remains, often accompanied by grave goods, and functioned as focal points within the landscape, visible markers of ancestral authority and territorial claim. The construction of such monuments required substantial communal labour and investment.
The barrow's survival in the Welsh landscape, protected under scheduled monument legislation, preserves evidence of prehistoric funerary practice and the social structures of Bronze Age societies. The specific topography of the site, combined with the underlying Millstone Grit geology, contributes to understanding how prehistoric communities adapted their monumental practices to local environmental conditions.
Round Barrow N of Rosemary Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE328. View the official record →
Round Barrow N of Rosemary Lane is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under the reference PE328.
Round Barrow N of Rosemary Lane 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 N of Rosemary Lane 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 PE328.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval Building at Kingston Farm (8 km), Manorbier Dovecot (8.2 km), Manorbier Castle (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow N of Rosemary Lane'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 N of Rosemary Lane stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.