Scheduled Monuments- Full Report
Summary Description of a Scheduled Monument
Reference Number
RD242
Name
Gilwern Brook round barrow
Date of Designation
23/09/2004
Status
Designated
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Gladestry
Easting
318504
Northing
256132
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 Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a round barrow, a burial mound probably dating to the Bronze Age (c.2300 BC - 800 BC) and situated in open moorland on a rounded spur above and to the S of a deep river gully. The heather-covered barrow is circular on plan and measures about 20m in diameter and up to 1.5m in height.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The well-preserved 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 burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface.
The area 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.