Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Plas Heaton Round Barrow
Henllan, Denbighshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Henllan, Denbighshire, recorded as Round Barrow (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Henllan
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.20550, -3.44970
- SAM number
- DE049
- Cadw record number
- 2307
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The monument comprises the remains of an earth and stone built round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrow now forms an irregular mound, approximately 18m N-S across and 1.5m high from the northern side. The barrow was excavated in the nineteenth century, which has resulted in a hollowed upper surface and spoil spread. A primary inhumation within a cist with a beaker was identified, with four secondary burials, including a cremation.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The features are an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retain significant archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of both intact ritual and burial deposits, together with environmental and structural evidence. Barrows may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Coed Plas Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Plas MeifodDomesticunder 1 mi
- Kitchen Garden Walls including associated Lean-to Sheds and adjoining Melon House at Plas HeatonGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Ice House at Plas HeatonAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.