CM058

Fron Ucha Burial Chamber  

 

Designated  

Carmarthenshire  

Llansteffan  

234551  

210747  

Religious, Ritual and Funerary  

Chambered Tomb  

Prehistoric  

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 chamber lies on a slope which runs steeply down towards the village of Llansteffan, and consists of two uprights and a large capstone which is dislodged and lying to one side. The chamber is 2.6m in length and 1.7m wide. The northern upright is earthfast and is 1.6m in height, 2m wide and 1.4m in depth, the southern stone is prone and measures 2.1m in height, 1.3m wide and 1m in depth. 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 retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of both intact burial or ritual deposits 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 and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.