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Penywyrlod Chambered Tomb is a Neolithic chambered long cairn located in Breconshire, Wales, representing a significant example of prehistoric funerary architecture from the fourth or third millennium BC. The monument consists of a substantial earthen and stone mound constructed to cover an internal burial chamber, a form characteristic of the Neolithic period across Britain and Wales. Such chambered tombs served as communal burial places and ritual centres for Neolithic communities, reflecting their social organisation and spiritual beliefs. The site, scheduled under the Cadw Ancient Monuments Register as SAM BR175, remains an important archaeological record of early agricultural societies in the Brecon Beacons region.
Penywyrlod Chambered Tomb is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR175. View the official record →
Penywyrlod Chambered Tomb is a Neolithic chambered long cairn located in Breconshire, Wales, representing a significant example of prehistoric funerary architecture from the fourth or third millennium BC. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR175.
Penywyrlod Chambered Tomb dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a chambered long cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Penywyrlod Chambered Tomb 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 BR175.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ffynnon Las Round Cairn I (8.1 km), Ffynnon Las Bronze Age Ritual Complex (8.5 km), Cefn Moel Round Houses (8.5 km).
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