Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Nash Point Round Barrows
St. Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A scheduled monument in St. Donats, Vale of Glamorgan, recorded as Round Barrow (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- St. Donats
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.41163, -3.56279
- SAM number
- GM114
- Cadw record number
- 3376
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1858 · 20. Bridgewater. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1897 · 262 Pontypridd (Outline) (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 four earthen built round barrows, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). They are located on the cliff top with commanding views out to sea.
Barrow A - The barrow is grass covered and measures 11m in diameter by 1m high.
Barrow B - The barrow is grass covered and measures 9m in diameter by 0.3m high.
Barrow C - It is grass covered and measures 11m in diameter by 1m high.
Barrow D - It is grass covered and measures 21m in diameter by 0.7m 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
- Church of the Holy TrinityReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Sundial in the Churchyard of the Church of the Holy TrinityReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Churchyard Wall, Gatepiers and Gates to the Church of the Holy Trinity running along the roadReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Nash Point CampHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.