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Fron Ucha Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales, situated upon bedrock of Pridoli age comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. This monument represents the monumental funerary architecture of Neolithic or Early Bronze Age communities, when the construction of stone burial chambers reflected the ritual importance placed upon the disposal and commemoration of the dead. The chamber would have served as a collective repository, enabling successive generations to deposit their deceased within a structure of permanence and social significance.
The site's geology provided both opportunity and constraint for its construction. The underlying Pridoli rocks, weathered into accessible stone suitable for chamber building, offered a practical source of material whilst their relatively soft nature may have influenced the monument's siting and architectural form. The placement of such chambered tombs typically responded to local topography and available stone, positioning them as prominent focal points within the contemporary landscape.
Fron Ucha Burial Chamber remains a protected heritage monument under Cadw reference CM058. Like other chambered tombs of its era, it preserves evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice and represents a significant investment of labour by the communities that built it, reflecting deep-rooted cultural and spiritual beliefs about death and commemoration in prehistoric Wales.
Fron Ucha Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM058. View the official record →
Fron Ucha Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales, situated upon bedrock of Pridoli age comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM058.
Fron Ucha 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.
Fron Ucha 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 CM058.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell Llansteffan (0.8 km), Yr Hen Gapel, Llanybri (2 km), Maen Melyn Standing Stone (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Fron Ucha 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.
Fron Ucha Burial Chamber stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.