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Round Barrows W of Cant-Erw is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under the reference GM111. The monument sits upon bedrock of the Lias Group, a geological formation comprising mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone that was laid down during the Aalenian period. This varied stone composition would have influenced the landscape immediately available to those who constructed and used the barrow.
Round barrows typically served as burial monuments, erected by Bronze Age and Iron Age communities across Britain as focal points for their dead. The earthwork at Cant-Erw represents one of Wales's many such monuments, forming part of the broader landscape of funerary practices that characterised prehistoric settlement patterns across the region.
The protection of this barrow by Cadw, the Welsh Historic Monuments service, recognises its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric activity and burial tradition. The monument's survival has allowed it to remain a visible feature in the Welsh landscape, preserving information about the communities who constructed it and their relationship with the local geology and terrain on which it stands.
Round Barrows W of Cant-Erw is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM111. View the official record →
Round Barrows W of Cant-Erw is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under the reference GM111.
Round Barrows W of Cant-Erw 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 W of Cant-Erw 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 GM111.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Donat's Churchyard Cross (3.2 km), Nash Point Camp (3.5 km), Tresilian Bay Anti-invasion Defences (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Round Barrows W of Cant-Erw'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 W of Cant-Erw stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.