Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Circle & Two Round Barrows on Southern Portion of Holywell Golf Course
Brynford, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Brynford
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.26390, -3.23880
- SAM number
- FL031
- Cadw record number
- 2831
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 two earthen built round barrows, and an earth circle or ring ditch, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The earth circle measures 3m-4m wide and 0.3m deep with an overall diameter of 26m. The ditch has been levelled on the E side and the interior is a little higher than the exterior. The site has been incorporated into a golf course, the interior of the circle now occupied by the ninth tee. Barrow A is the northernmost of the two barrows, and forms a mound 20m east-west x 18m north-south, and 1m high. The barrow has been disturbed on the northern side. Barrow B is 16m x 11m and 1.5m high, with a hole on the eastern side.
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
- Church of St MichaelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow 400m SE of Smithy GateRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Two Round Barrows 90m NE of EosfanRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow at Naid y March, Holywell CommonRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.