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Buckholt Wood Hilltop Enclosure is a prehistoric monument located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference MM258. The enclosure consists of an upland defensive or territorial earthwork, characterised by its hilltop position and associated boundary features typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in Wales. Its exact chronology and function require further archaeological investigation, though such hilltop enclosures generally reflect prehistoric communities' responses to landscape control and social organisation across the region.
Buckholt Wood Hilltop Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM258. View the official record →
Buckholt Wood Hilltop Enclosure is a prehistoric monument located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference MM258. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM258.
Buckholt Wood Hilltop Enclosure dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Buckholt Wood Hilltop Enclosure 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 MM258.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Offa's Dyke: section in Highbury Plains, 370m west of Birt's Barn (8.6 km), St. Catwg's Churchyard Cross, Cwmcarfan (8.8 km), Offa's Dyke: section immediately north west of Coxbury Farm (8.9 km).
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