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Bryngwyn Wood Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales, constructed upon bedrock of Caradoc Rocks comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. These Caradocian formations, dating to the Ordovician period, provided a stable foundation for the site's construction. The monument is protected by Cadw under reference MG029.
The hillfort's position exploits the natural defensive advantages of its location, with the underlying geology contributing to the stability of its ramparts and ditches. The composition of the local bedrock—a mix of resistant sandstone interspersed with softer mudstone and siltstone—would have influenced how the prehistoric builders shaped and maintained the site's earthworks during its period of occupation.
Today, Bryngwyn Wood Camp remains an important testimony to Iron Age or earlier settlement patterns in Wales. Its preservation within woodland has helped protect the earthwork from modern disturbance. The site continues to provide archaeologists and historians with evidence of prehistoric fortified settlement and territorial organisation in the Welsh landscape.
Bryngwyn Wood Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG029. View the official record →
Bryngwyn Wood Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales, constructed upon bedrock of Caradoc Rocks comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG029.
Bryngwyn Wood Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bryngwyn 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 MG029.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Barrow 225m SE of Clwyd-yr-onen (5.7 km), Camp 135m SE of Pant Mawr (6.3 km), Broniarth Hill Camp (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bryngwyn 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.
Bryngwyn Wood Camp stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.