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Croes Heol y Splott Round Barrow

A Scheduled Monument in Llandow (Llandŵ), Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.4245 / 51°25'28"N

Longitude: -3.5163 / 3°30'58"W

OS Eastings: 294671

OS Northings: 170590

OS Grid: SS946705

Mapcode National: GBR HH.PD89

Mapcode Global: VH5HZ.0GFB

Entry Name: Croes Heol y Splott Round Barrow

Scheduled Date:

Source: Cadw

Source ID: 2877

Cadw Legacy ID: GM187

Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary

Category: Round barrow

Period: Prehistoric

County: Vale of Glamorgan (Bro Morgannwg)

Community: Llandow (Llandŵ)

Traditional County: Glamorgan

Description

The monument comprises the remains of an earthen built round barrow, which probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2300 - 800 BC). The barrow is situated in a field beside the B4265. It measures 0.5m high and of indeterminate diameter.

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.

Source: Cadw

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