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Carreg Samson Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered tomb located near Abercastle in Pembrokeshire, Wales, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. The monument comprises a stone burial chamber covered by a massive capstone, which remains visible as a distinctive landscape feature; the capstone is supported by several upright stones forming the chamber's walls. The tomb represents the portal dolmen type characteristic of Neolithic funerary practice in Wales, where communal burial rites were conducted for members of prehistoric communities. The site demonstrates the considerable effort and organisational capacity required of Neolithic societies to construct such monuments, reflecting their beliefs concerning the afterlife and the significance placed upon ancestral burial.
Carreg Samson Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE036. View the official record →
Carreg Samson Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered tomb located near Abercastle in Pembrokeshire, Wales, dating to approximately 3500–2500 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE036.
Carreg Samson Burial Chamber 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.
Carreg Samson 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 PE036.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Mound (9.1 km), Brawdy Promontory Fort (9.6 km), Pointz Castle Mound (9.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Carreg Samson Burial Chamber's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Carreg Samson Burial Chamber stands on Arenig Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Arenigian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.