Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Twlc y Filliast Burial Chamber
Llangynog, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangynog, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Chambered Tomb (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Chambered Tomb
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llangynog
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.81880, -4.41243
- SAM number
- CM055
- Cadw record number
- 2760
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 229 Carmarthen (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a chambered tomb, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 4,400 BC - 2,900 BC). Chambered tombs were built and used by local farming communities over long periods of time. There appear to be many regional traditions and variations in shape and construction.
The burial chamber is formed by three orthostats which remain erect and a capstone that has slipped off its supports and rests at an angle of approximately 50° on outside of the eastern stone. The capstone has maximum dimensions of 2.2m length, 2.5m width and 0.7m depth; its upper end is some 1.8m above the ground. The Chamber is open on its northern side. The site was excavated in 1953.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric burial and ritual. The monument is an important relic of a prehistoric funerary and ritual landscape and environmental and structural evidence, including a buried prehistoric land surface. Chambered tombs may be part of a larger cluster of monuments and their importance can further enhanced by their group value.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described.
Nearby in the register
- War Memorial CrossCommemorativeunder 1 mi
- Enclosure 150m NW of Eithin ManEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Church of St CynogReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bwlch Seiri CampEnclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.