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The Chronicle of Abbot Ralph of Coggeshall describes the reigns of Kings Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III, providing a wealth of information about their lives and the events of the time. Ralph's work is detailed, comprehensive and objective. We have augmented Ralph's text with extracts from other contemporary chroniclers to enrich the reader's experience. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
Mathri Burlal Chamber is in Mathri, Pembrokeshire, Prehistoric Wales Neolithic Burials.
Archaeologia Cambrensis 1872 Pages 81-143. In Mathri (martyrs) parish are the remains of a large chamber [Mathri Burlal Chamber [Map]], consisting of a capstone 13 ft. long by 8 broad, resting on one low supporter, the whole partially buried in the hedge. This apparently is the one mentioned by Fenton, who gives the length 14 ft.; and states that it was supported by stones 4 ft. high on one side, and scarcely 3 on the other. He speaks also of a cistvaen at one end, which had lost one side and its cover. This may have been a small secondary chamber. Another cromlech, according to the Ordnance Map, ought to be near it; but no traces of it are now remaining, and it is to be recretted that Fenton does not even allude to it.