Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
PE292
Name
Round Barrow on W Slope of Freni Fawr
Date of Designation
18/06/1952
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Boncath
Easting
219946
Northing
235175
Broad Class
Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Site Type
Round Barrow
Period
Prehistoric
Description
Summary Description and Reason for Designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of an earthen built round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrow measures 17m in diameter and is 1.3m high with a dished top, likely the result of disturbance recorded to have occurred in the 19th century when a cist with an urned cremation and traces of a further cremation were discovered.
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.