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Carreg Castell-y-Gwynt Burial Chamber is a Neolithic cairn located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw. The structure comprises a stone burial chamber beneath a substantial cairn, characteristic of megalithic funerary monuments constructed during the Neolithic period. Such chambered cairns served as communal burial places and represent important evidence of early agricultural communities' ritual practices and beliefs concerning the afterlife. The monument's survival into the present day provides archaeological and architectural testimony to prehistoric monument-building traditions in south Wales.
Carreg Castell-y-Gwynt Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM044. View the official record →
Carreg Castell-y-Gwynt Burial Chamber is a Neolithic cairn located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM044.
Carreg Castell-y-Gwynt Burial Chamber dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a round cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Carreg Castell-y-Gwynt 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 CM044.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Y Garn Ring Cairn (1 km), Dyffryn Camp (4.1 km), Llech Ciste Standing Stone (4.3 km).
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