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Gaer-Llwyd Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered tomb located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference MM013. The site sits on bedrock of Lower Devonian age, comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate that formed during the Early Devonian period. These durable rock formations provided both the geological foundation and potential stone sources for the monument's construction.
The burial chamber belongs to the tradition of megalithic communal tombs that flourished across Britain and Ireland during the Neolithic period, typically dating between 4000 and 3000 BCE. Such monuments served as ritual focal points for early farming communities, used for collective burial practices over extended periods. The chamber's name and Welsh location situate it within the distinctive tradition of megalithic architecture that characterised prehistoric Wales.
The monument survives as evidence of Neolithic funerary practice and territorial organisation in this region. Its protection under Cadw recognises its significance as an archaeological and cultural asset. The specific geology of the site—the sandstone and conglomerate bedrock—contributed to the landscape's resource availability and would have influenced settlement patterns and monument placement during the Neolithic period.
Gaer-Llwyd Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM013. View the official record →
Gaer-Llwyd Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered tomb located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference MM013.
Gaer-Llwyd Burial Chamber dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered tomb. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Gaer-Llwyd 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 MM013.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St. Michael's Churchyard Cross, Llanfihangel Rogiet (8.9 km), Standing Stone 252m South of Bencroft Lane (9 km), Medieval Moated Site 400m N of Undy Church (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Gaer-Llwyd 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.
Gaer-Llwyd Burial Chamber stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.