Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Darland Wood Round Barrows
Ruabon, Wrexham, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 3 November 1978
- Community
- Ruabon
- Unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.97211, -3.04589
- SAM number
- DE223
- Cadw record number
- 2335
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of earthen built round barrows, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrows are circular in shape on plan, and have a rounded profile. Darland Wood Round Barrow A was mostly levelled in 1890, and continued ploughing has reduced the barrow further. It now exists as a slight rise in the field approximately 0.5-1m high, with a diameter of 15-20m. Darland Wood Round Barrow B has a diameter of 26m and is 0.4-1.3m high.
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.
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