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Mountain Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE039. The monument sits upon Whiterock bedrock comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone of the Llanvirn series, geology that would have offered local stone suitable for the construction of such burial structures. Chambered tombs of this type were typically built during the Neolithic period and served as communal burial places for the dead, often constructed using large stone slabs arranged to create internal chambers and passages.
The architectural form of chambered tombs reflects the considerable labour and community effort invested in their construction. These monuments functioned not simply as individual graves but as collective repositories, with bodies deposited over extended periods. The choice of location on this Welsh hillside suggests careful consideration of the local landscape, positioning the tomb to be visible and accessible to the surrounding population.
Mountain Burial Chamber survives today as a testament to Neolithic funerary practices and the social importance of formal burial places in prehistoric Wales. Though weathered by millennia, the monument remains a significant archaeological resource, protected for future study and public understanding of early Welsh settlement and ceremonial activity.
Mountain Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE039. View the official record →
Mountain Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference PE039.
Mountain 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.
Mountain 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 PE039.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pant y Menyn Round Barrow (7.1 km), Dol-Wilym Burial Chamber (7.2 km), Round Barrow SE of Goodwins Row, Efailwen (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Mountain 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.
Mountain Burial Chamber stands on Llanvirn Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Whiterock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.