Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
GM022
Name
Tythegston Long Barrow
Date of Designation
08/01/1959
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Bridgend
Community
Merthyr Mawr
Easting
286461
Northing
179252
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Long Barrow
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument consists of the remains of a long barrow. A long barrow is a rectangular or trapezoidal earthen mound of Neolithic date (c. 4400-2900 BC), usually accompanied by flanking or encircling ditches, and normally associated with human remains. The barrow survives as an oval, disturbed stony mound measuring about 30m east-north-east to west-south-west by up to 17m transversely. The broadest end is on the east where it is measures up to 1.8m in height. A massive capstone measuring 4.5m long by 1.8m wide and 0.4m high with an infilled chamber beneath is visible on the summit.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.