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Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM123. The monument occupies ground underlain by Dinantian rocks of Mississippian age, a geological formation dominated by limestone with subsidiary sandstone and argillaceous strata that shaped the local landscape and provided the raw materials for construction. As a chambered tomb, the structure belongs to a widespread class of megalithic monuments erected across western Britain during the Neolithic period, serving as communal burial places for the dead and focal points for the living communities that built them.
The limestone bedrock beneath Penmaen Burrows would have afforded ready sources of stone for the monument's construction, though the precise form and dimensions of its chambers remain subject to the evidence on site. The architectural principles governing such tombs—oriented passages, stone-lined chambers, and substantial covering cairns—reflect both practical burial requirements and ritual or cosmological concerns held by prehistoric communities. The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of weathering and disturbance, testifies to the substantial engineering invested in its original construction.
Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM123. View the official record →
Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber is a prehistoric chambered tomb situated in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM123.
Penmaen Burrows 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.
Penmaen Burrows 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 GM123.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Penmaen Burrows Church (0 km), Penmaen Burrows Ringwork (0.3 km), Tower NE of Oxwich Castle (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Penmaen Burrows 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.
Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.