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Kingston Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference PE157. The monument was constructed from stone in the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, taking advantage of the local geology formed from Ludlow Rocks—a sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that provided suitable material for building. These sedimentary rocks, laid down during the Ludlow period of the Silurian era, would have offered natural sources of stone that the tomb's builders could quarry and shape for its construction.
The chambered tomb represents an important form of prehistoric funerary architecture, when communities invested considerable labour in constructing stone-built monuments to house and commemorate their dead. The positioning of Kingston Burial Chamber reflects the builders' knowledge of the local landscape and geology, with the underlying Ludlow Rocks providing both practical building materials and a stable foundation for the structure.
Today the monument survives as evidence of early Welsh settlement patterns and burial practices, standing within the geological context that shaped its construction and continues to support it.
Kingston Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE157. View the official record →
Kingston Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference PE157.
Kingston 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.
Kingston 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 PE157.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stackpole Earthwork (2.6 km), Greenala Camp (3.1 km), Sampson Cross Standing Stone (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Kingston 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.
Kingston Burial Chamber stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.