Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Two Round Barrows 180m North West of Wentwood Lodge
Shirenewton, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Round Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Shirenewton
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.64680, -2.84439
- SAM number
- MM167
- Cadw record number
- 2399
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 two earthen built round barrows, which probably date to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrows are situated close together on the summit of the Wentwood ridge in an open clearing in forestry. The E barrow is the largest, measuring 22m in diameter and 2.5m high. It is circular with a flattened top and is grass-covered. The W barrows measures 17m in diameter and 1.8m high and is circular with a flattish top. It is also grass-covered.
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
- Cas Troggy CastleCastleunder 1 mi
- Foresters' Oaks round barrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Dovecote at BertholeyAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
- Stable/Cartshed block at Bertholey, including attached wall and lean-to to westAgriculture and Subsistence1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.