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Burial Chamber near Cross Hands is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales. It belongs to the tradition of megalithic burial architecture that flourished across western Britain during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age periods. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage service, under reference CM048.
The site stands on bedrock composed of Llanvirn Rocks, undifferentiated strata of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Whiterock period of the Ordovician. This geology shaped both the construction of the monument and its setting, providing materials that would have been available locally to the Neolithic communities who built it.
Chambered tombs such as this functioned as communal burial places, serving multiple generations of a kinship group. The monument represents an investment in permanent architecture that reinforced territorial claims and expressed beliefs about death and the afterlife. Today, the remains at Cross Hands endure as evidence of sophisticated social organisation and ritual practice in prehistoric Wales.
Burial Chamber near Cross Hands is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM048. View the official record →
Burial Chamber near Cross Hands is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM048.
Burial Chamber near Cross Hands dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a chambered tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Burial Chamber near Cross Hands 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 CM048.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Whitland Abbey (4.9 km), Roman Road 250m NE of Pwll-y-Hwyaid (5.7 km), Roman Road 300m East of Bryn Farm (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Burial Chamber near Cross Hands's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Burial Chamber near Cross Hands stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.