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Bishop Barnet's Wood Camp is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Wales on bedrock comprising Dinantian limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks. The site's underlying geology, dating to the Mississippian period, would have offered both building stone and natural drainage across the enclosure's defences. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage agency, under the reference MM139.
The enclosure represents a form of settlement or territorial marker typical of prehistoric Wales, where natural topography and available stone were skilfully incorporated into defensive or communal structures. The Dinantian bedrock beneath the site would have been a significant resource, providing material for construction and influencing the character of occupation.
Today, Bishop Barnet's Wood Camp survives as an important record of prehistoric land use and settlement patterns in Wales. Its protected status ensures that the earthworks and any archaeological deposits remain available for study and interpretation, contributing to our understanding of prehistoric communities in the region and their relationship with the local landscape and geology.
Bishop Barnet's Wood Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM139. View the official record →
Bishop Barnet's Wood Camp is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Wales on bedrock comprising Dinantian limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM139.
Bishop Barnet's Wood Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bishop Barnet's Wood Camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is MM139.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crick Moated Site (4.9 km), Crick Medieval House (4.9 km), Crick Round Barrow (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bishop Barnet's Wood Camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bishop Barnet's Wood Camp stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.