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Round Barrows NE of Church Farm is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM262. The monument sits above bedrock of the Lias Group, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone laid down during the Aalenian period of the Jurassic. This geological foundation would have presented Bronze Age communities with varied local stone sources suitable for construction and everyday use.
Round barrows of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial monuments, their earthen or stone-built mounds marking the graves of individuals of status within their communities. The monument's location relative to Church Farm reflects the long continuity of human occupation and land use in the Welsh landscape, with later settlements often clustering near earlier ritual and burial sites.
The barrow survives as an archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practice and social organisation. Its protected status ensures that the earthwork itself, along with any subsurface deposits and artefacts it may contain, remains available for future study and interpretation as archaeological techniques develop.
Round Barrows NE of Church Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM262. View the official record →
Round Barrows NE of Church Farm is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM262.
Round Barrows NE of Church Farm 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 NE of Church 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 GM262.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nash Point Camp (2.2 km), St Donat's Churchyard Cross (2.8 km), Tresilian Bay Anti-invasion Defences (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrows NE of Church Farm'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 NE of Church Farm stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.