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Uzmaston Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE331. The monument sits on bedrock composed of Llandovery Rocks, an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Llandovery epoch. This geological foundation of mixed fine-grained sediments is typical of South Wales, where such deposits underlie many Bronze Age burial monuments.
Round barrows of this type were constructed as burial mounds during the Bronze Age, typically between 2200 and 700 BCE. They represent one of the most distinctive classes of prehistoric monument in Britain, serving as visible markers of important individuals or family groups within their landscape. The construction of such monuments required considerable communal effort and reflected the social prominence of those interred within them.
The Uzmaston barrow's survival to the present day, despite subsequent land use and weathering, testifies to the substantial earthwork it originally represented. Its protection as a scheduled monument recognises its archaeological significance and its value in understanding Bronze Age burial practices and social organisation across Wales. The local geology has both supported the barrow's preservation and influenced the appearance of the mound within its distinctive landscape.
Uzmaston Round Barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE331. View the official record →
Uzmaston Round Barrow is a prehistoric round barrow located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE331.
Uzmaston 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.
Uzmaston 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 PE331.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow 300m NW of Tallyho (4.8 km), Burton Burial Chamber (6.5 km), Rosemarket Dovecot (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Uzmaston Round Barrow'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.
Uzmaston Round Barrow stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.