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Round Barrow South of Rosemary Lane is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference PE329. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Millstone Grit Group, a Namurian formation comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have influenced both the construction techniques and drainage characteristics of the burial mound.
Round barrows of this type were raised during the Bronze Age as monuments to commemorate the dead, typically covering inhumation or cremation burials accompanied by grave goods. The Millstone Grit bedrock underlying this site represents the harder, coarser sedimentary deposits characteristic of the Carboniferous period, which would have presented particular challenges for burial construction compared to softer chalk or clay soils found elsewhere in Britain.
The monument's survival to the present day, protected under statutory legislation, reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and social organisation in Wales. The local geology has played a crucial role in the monument's preservation and in determining the methods by which its builders would have excavated and formed the barrow.
Round Barrow S of Rosemary Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE329. View the official record →
Round Barrow South of Rosemary Lane is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference PE329.
Round Barrow S 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 S 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 PE329.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval Building at Kingston Farm (7.6 km), Manorbier Dovecot (7.8 km), Manorbier Castle (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrow S 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 S 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.