Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Round Barrows W of Cant-Erw
Llandow, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llandow
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.43090, -3.53065
- SAM number
- GM111
- Cadw record number
- 632
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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 three earthen built round barrows, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC).
Barrow A - This is the easternmost barrow and stands right next to the A4265 road. It measures c. 30m in diameter by c. 1m high.
Barrow B - This is the middle of the group. It measures c. 40m in diameter and 1m high.
Barrow C - This is the westernmost barrow. It measures c. 40m in diameter and c. 1m 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.
Nearby in the register
- Round Barrows South of MonktonRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Monkton IsafDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn with Stables at Monkton IsafAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Croes Heol y Splott Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.