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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 constructed within a long earthen or stone mound, a form characteristic of Neolithic funerary practice in Wales dating to the fourth and third millennia before the present. As a chambered long cairn, the site represents an important example of communal burial architecture from the early Neolithic period, reflecting both the ritual practices and social organisation of prehistoric Welsh communities. The site is recorded in the Cadw Register of Monuments and demonstrates the type of monumental funerary architecture that dominated the Welsh landscape during the early Neolithic era.
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 the UK.
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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