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Tan-y-Coed Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered long cairn located in Meirionnydd, Gwynedd, Wales. The monument consists of a stone-built burial chamber situated within an elongated cairn structure, typical of funerary monuments erected during the Neolithic period in Wales. Such chambered cairns served as communal burial places and ritual centres for prehistoric communities, and their construction represents a significant investment of labour reflecting the social organisation and spiritual beliefs of early farming societies. The site is scheduled as an ancient monument under the Cadw schedule reference SAM ME048, recognising its archaeological importance to understanding prehistoric Welsh funeral practices and settlement patterns.
Tan-y-Coed Burial Chamber is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME048. View the official record →
Tan-y-Coed Burial Chamber is a Neolithic chambered long cairn located in Meirionnydd, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME048.
Tan-y-Coed Burial Chamber 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.
Tan-y-Coed 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 ME048.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Penagored Cairn and Ring Cairn (6.1 km), Cefn Penagored Ridge Cairns (6.1 km), Ffridd yr Eglwys Deserted Rural Settlement (6.3 km).
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