Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber
Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber is a castle in Ilston, Swansea, Wales. Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber is situated nearby to the village Parkmill, as well as near Southgate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: burial chamber in Ilston, Swansea, Wales
- Also known as: “Penmaen Burrows Ringwork”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pennard Castle and Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb.
Pennard Castle
Castle
Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales. Pennard Castle is situated 3,700 feet northeast of Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber.
Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb
Archaeological site
Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow. Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb is situated 1¼ miles north of Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber.
Cefn Bryn
Peak
Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cefn Bryn is an ancient ridge in Britain. It is a 5-mile-long Old Red Sandstone ridge in south Wales, in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penmaen and Parkmill.
Parkmill
Village
Parkmill is a village in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston, about eight miles west of Swansea, and about one mile from the north coast of the Bristol Channel.
Southgate
Village
Southgate is a village in the community of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is also a community electoral ward for Pennard Community Council. The population in 2011 was 2,004, making up most of the population of the community.
Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber
- Categories: chamber tomb, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ilston, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From German to Welsh—“Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber” goes by many names.
- German: “Penmaen Burrows”
- Welsh: “Penmaen (beddrod siambr)”
- Welsh: “Penmaen Burrows Burial Chamber”
- Welsh: “Penmaen”
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