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Carreg Sampson aka Longhouse Burial Chamber is in Abercastle, Pembrokeshire, Prehistoric Wales Neolithic Burials.
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1872 Pages 81-143. The Longhouse cromlech [Carreg Sampson aka Longhouse Burial Chamber [Map]] is the finest of those in this part of the country, and, perhaps, one of the finest in all Wales. It is somewhat masked by the hedge and bank against which it stands, and which have not been introduced in the drawing. In Fenton's time the capstone rested on four of the uprights: at present it rests on three. The six uprights, however, mentioned by him still remain. He also states the length of the capstone to be from 16 to 18 ft.; but its maximum length, according to Sir Gardner Wilkinson, is 15 ft. It 1s nearly 9 ft. across in the broadest part; the highest supporter being 5 ft. 8 ins. long, and the lowest 4 ft. 7ins. It stands in an elevated position, within sight of the sea. All traces of its former covering have disappeared, as the land on which it stands has been for a long time cultivated.