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Bron-y-Foel West Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered long cairn located in Meirionnydd, Wales. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the funerary and ritual practices of early farming communities in prehistoric Wales. The site consists of a stone-built burial chamber set within a long mound structure, characteristic of megalithic monuments constructed across Britain and Wales during the fourth and third millennia before the present. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important archaeological record of Neolithic burial customs and monumental construction in the Welsh uplands.
Bron-y-Foel West Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME065. View the official record →
Bron-y-Foel West Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered long cairn located in Meirionnydd, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME065.
Bron-y-Foel West Burial Chamber dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a chambered long cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bron-y-Foel West Burial Chamber is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is ME065.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement & Fields Systems above Egryn Abbey (4.4 km), Mynydd Egryn Ring Cairn (4.4 km), Mynydd Egryn Settlement (4.4 km).
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