Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Mynydd Castlebythe Ring Barrow
Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Puncheston, Pembrokeshire, recorded as Ring Barrow (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Ring Barrow
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 11 December 2006
- Community
- Puncheston
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.93017, -4.87014
- SAM number
- PE517
- Cadw record number
- 1160
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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)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 210 Cardigan (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 13. (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 ring barrow, probably dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated within open heathland near the summit of Mynydd Castlebythe. The well-preserved ring barrow is circular on plan and measures c. 16m in diameter. The bank measures c. 4.0m in width and 0.5m in height. A curvilinear area of reed growth outside the S perimeter of the earthwork suggests the presence of a ditch.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of ritual deposits together with environmental and structural evidence. Its importance is further enhanced by the group value formed by its spatial association with two Bronze Age round barrows on the summit of Mynydd Castlebythe.
The area to be scheduled comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is circular and measures 35m in diameter.
Nearby in the register
- Mynydd Castlebythe Round BarrowsRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Castell y FuwchEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Castell MoundMotteunder 1 mi
- Wern CampPromontory Fort - inlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.