Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb

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.

Photo: Daicaregos, Public domain.

Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: Burial chamber in Swansea, Wales
Also known as: “Parc Breos Cwm”, “Parc Cwm long cairn”, “Parc Cwm Long Cairn”, and “Park Le Bruce”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cathole Cave and Pennard Castle.

Cathole Cave

Cave

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Cathole Cave, Cat Hole Cave or Cathole Rock Cave, is a cave near Parc Cwm long cairn at Parc le Breos, on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. It is a steep limestone outcrop, about 200 yards north of the cromlech along the Parc le Breos Cwm valley and near the top of the gorge, about 50 feet from the valley floor. Cathole Cave is situated 560 feet north of 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 1 mile southeast of Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb.

Church Of St Illtyd

Church

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church Of St Illtyd is situated 1¼ miles east of Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parkmill and Penmaen.

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.