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Perthi-Duon Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered tomb located on the island of Anglesey in Wales, dating to the Neolithic period. The monument consists of a stone-built burial chamber that formed part of a larger communal funerary structure typical of its era. As a chambered tomb, it would have served as a ritual and burial focus for a prehistoric community, reflecting the religious and social practices of early agricultural societies in Wales. The site is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the Cadw designation system.
Perthi-Duon Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference AN059. View the official record →
Perthi-Duon Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered tomb located on the island of Anglesey in Wales, dating to the Neolithic period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference AN059.
Perthi-Duon 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.
Perthi-Duon 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 AN059.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ancient Village 270m West of Bod Angharad (8.6 km), Hafotty Wern Las Hut Group & Fields (8.8 km), Hut Circle Settlement and Field System South-East of Erw (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Perthi-Duon 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.
Perthi-Duon Burial Chamber stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.