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Cist Cerrig Burial Chamber & Cup Marked Rock is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN118. The monument comprises a stone burial chamber and an associated rock bearing cup marks, a form of prehistoric rock art. It is situated on bedrock formed from Upper Cambrian deposits, specifically Tremadoc strata composed of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating from the Tremadocian period. These locally available sedimentary rocks would have provided the building material for the monument's construction.
The cist, or stone burial chamber, represents a type of funerary monument that became widespread across Wales and Britain during the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. Such chambers typically contained human remains and grave goods, serving as communal or individual burial places for their communities. The associated cup marked rock demonstrates the ritual or symbolic importance of the site, as cup marks were a form of portable rock art widely produced across prehistoric Britain and are thought to have held ceremonial or spiritual significance.
The monument's preservation in the Tremadoc geology preserves evidence of prehistoric burial practice and artistic expression in a landscape shaped by ancient sedimentary deposits. Its protection by Cadw recognises its importance to understanding the funerary customs and artistic traditions of prehistoric Wales.
Cist Cerrig Burial Chamber & Cup Marked Rock is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN118. View the official record →
Cist Cerrig Burial Chamber & Cup Marked Rock is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference CN118.
Cist Cerrig Burial Chamber & Cup Marked Rock 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.
Cist Cerrig Burial Chamber & Cup Marked Rock 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 CN118.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefnfilltir Enclosed Homestead (8.9 km), Groes Las Prehistoric Settlement & Field System (9.1 km), Fonlief Hir Standing Stones (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cist Cerrig Burial Chamber & Cup Marked Rock'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.
Cist Cerrig Burial Chamber & Cup Marked Rock stands on Upper Cambrian, Including Tremadoc, bedrock that formed in the Tremadocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.