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Latitude: 52.2693 / 52°16'9"N
Longitude: -3.2094 / 3°12'33"W
OS Eastings: 317566
OS Northings: 264147
OS Grid: SO175641
Mapcode National: GBR 9X.Z4J8
Mapcode Global: VH69J.B756
Entry Name: Great Rhos round barrow
Scheduled Date: 21 October 2005
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 4235
Cadw Legacy ID: RD254
Schedule Class: Religious, Ritual and Funerary
Category: Round barrow
Period: Prehistoric
County: Powys
Community: Penybont (Pen-y-bont)
Traditional County: Radnorshire
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 enclosed moorland on the edge of a prominent W-facing terrace on the summit of a ridge within Radnor Forest. The grass and heather-covered round barrow is circular on plan and measures about 12.5m in diameter and up to 1.2m in height. The barrow appears to be largely undisturbed and has a well-defined rounded profile.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual practices. 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 intact burial or ritual deposits and environmental and structural evidence.
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 24m in diameter.
Source: Cadw
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