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Meini Llwydion Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CM057. The site sits upon bedrock composed of Pridoli rocks—undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Pridoli period—which would have provided the local stone used in its construction. Like other chambered tombs of the Neolithic and early Bronze Age, Meini Llwydion served as a communal burial place, with its stone-built chamber designed to contain the remains of multiple individuals over an extended period. The monument represents an important expression of prehistoric ritual practice and social organization in Wales, when communities invested substantial labour in monumental architecture to commemorate their dead and establish territorial claims across the landscape.
Meini Llwydion Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM057. View the official record →
Meini Llwydion Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument under reference CM057.
Meini Llwydion 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.
Meini Llwydion 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 CM057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow 330m SW of Mynydd-Uchaf (5.6 km), Castell Llansteffan (5.8 km), St Ishmael's Scar Beach Defence Gun House (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Meini Llwydion 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.
Meini Llwydion Burial Chamber stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.