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Round Barrows 2400m WNW of Drover's Arms is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference BR102. The barrow sits on bedrock of Ludlow formation rocks—undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that date to the Ludlow period of the Silurian. This underlying geology, characteristic of much of the Welsh landscape, would have shaped both the construction methods available to the prehistoric communities who built the monument and the appearance of the mound itself.
Round barrows are burial mounds constructed during the Bronze Age, typically containing inhumations or cremations accompanied by grave goods. They served as prominent territorial and ceremonial markers within the prehistoric landscape. This example, positioned in the Welsh uplands, would have been a notable landmark visible across considerable distances, reflecting the status of those interred within.
The monument's survival to the present day, despite agricultural use of the surrounding land, preserves evidence of Bronze Age burial practice and settlement patterns in Wales. Its protection recognizes the archaeological importance of round barrows in understanding prehistoric communities and their relationship with the land they inhabited.
Round Barrows 2400m WNW of Drover's Arms is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR102. View the official record →
Round Barrows 2400m WNW of Drover's Arms is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference BR102.
Round Barrows 2400m WNW of Drover's Arms 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 Barrows 2400m WNW of Drover's Arms 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 BR102.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Corast Deserted Rural Settlement (3.9 km), Tri Chrugiau Round Barrows (4 km), Round Barrows N & NE of Ffynnon Dafydd-Bevan (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrows 2400m WNW of Drover's Arms'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 Barrows 2400m WNW of Drover's Arms stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.