Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Middle Hendre Round Barrow
Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, Monmouthshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, Monmouthshire, recorded as Round Barrow (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 9 March 1950
- Community
- Llangattock-Vibon-Avel
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.82005, -2.79356
- SAM number
- MM112
- Cadw record number
- 2985
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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)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV.Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. a. England ab sich: Shire:15-17, 33 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1895 · Sheet 11. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · 233 Monmouth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 a earthen built round barrow, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrow is circular in plan, 18m in diameter and 1.5m high. It is located on a ridge in the corner of a field, with steep slopes to the N and E. The barrow has been ploughed in the past.
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
- Garden pond with fountain in former rose garden at The HendreGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- The HendreRecreationalunder 1 mi
- Garden pavilion, raised terrace and screen wall to former rose garden to E&S of The HendreGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
- Former garage/workshop block to N of the main house at The HendreTransportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.