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Hendrefor Burial Chambers is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales, protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference AN025. The site sits upon bedrock of Upper Cambrian age, specifically Tremadoc metasedimentary rock, a metamorphosed sedimentary sequence that formed during the Tremadocian period some 485 million years ago. This ancient geology provided the local stone from which the monument's builders would have quarried materials for construction.
The burial chambers represent a significant example of Neolithic funerary architecture, belonging to a tradition of communal burial practice that spread across much of Britain and Ireland during the fourth and third millennia before Christ. Such monuments typically comprise stone-built chambers, originally covered by substantial cairns or earthen mounds, and served to house the collective dead of their communities across multiple generations.
The Tremadoc bedrock underlying Hendrefor would have weathered into usable stone blocks, making this location suitable for such substantial construction work. The monument's survival and protection reflects the archaeological importance of chambered tombs in understanding Neolithic settlement patterns, ritual practices and the social organisation of prehistoric Welsh communities.
Hendrefor Burial Chambers is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN025. View the official record →
Hendrefor Burial Chambers is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales, protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference AN025.
Hendrefor Burial Chambers 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.
Hendrefor Burial Chambers 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 AN025.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Goetre Uchaf barrow (7.4 km), Plas Newydd Burial Chambers (8.2 km), Gors y Brithdir Enclosed Hut Group & Ancient Fields (8.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hendrefor Burial Chambers'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.
Hendrefor Burial Chambers stands on Upper Cambrian, Including Tremadoc, bedrock that formed in the Tremadocian. The rock here is metasedimentary rock.