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Buckspool Down Camp is a prehistoric promontory fort located on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales. The site occupies a naturally defended coastal position and is fortified by substantial defensive earthworks consisting of banks and ditches that cut across the promontory neck, a characteristic design of Iron Age coastal settlements in Wales. The fort dates to the Iron Age period, when such promontory forts served as defended settlements or strongholds for local communities, exploiting the natural defensive advantages offered by coastal topography. The site remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and coastal defence strategies in prehistoric Wales.
Buckspool Down Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE320. View the official record →
Buckspool Down Camp is a prehistoric promontory fort located on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE320.
Buckspool Down Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a promontory fort- coastal. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Buckspool Down 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 PE320.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trevallen Downs Tank Range (1.1 km), St Govan's Chapel and Well (1.3 km), Crocksydam Camp (2.1 km).
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