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Tower Hill Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales. The barrow survives as an earthwork mound and is characteristic of the round barrow tradition that flourished across Britain during the Bronze Age, serving as a burial place and focus for ritual activity. As a scheduled ancient monument in the care of Cadw, it forms part of the significant prehistoric funerary landscape of the Brecon Beacons region. The monument represents an important record of early Bronze Age burial practices and the religious beliefs of prehistoric Welsh communities.
Tower Hill Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR147. View the official record →
Tower Hill Round Barrow is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR147.
Tower Hill Round Barrow 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.
Tower Hill Round Barrow 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 BR147.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwrt Llechryd moated site (3 km), Coed Chwefri Vickers Machine Gun Emplacement (3.3 km), Caer Beris (3.3 km).
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