Scheduled MonumentsWalesCaer Drewen Camp
Prehistoric · Hillfort

Caer Drewen Camp

Meirionnydd, Wales
Cadw SAM ME012
Period
Prehistoric
Site type
Hillfort
Broad class
Defence
Nation
Wales
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Caer Drewen Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Meirionnydd, Wales, and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the Cadw reference ME012. The site displays the characteristic defensive earthworks of Iron Age hillforts, comprising ramparts and ditches positioned to command views across the surrounding landscape. Its construction and use belong to the Iron Age period, when such fortified settlements served as territorial centres and places of refuge for local populations. The monument represents an important example of prehistoric defensive architecture within the Meirionnydd region and contributes to understanding settlement patterns and territorial organisation during the pre-Roman Iron Age.

Caer Drewen Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME012. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Caer Drewen Camp?

Caer Drewen Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Meirionnydd, Wales, and is designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the Cadw reference ME012.

What period does Caer Drewen Camp date from?

Caer Drewen 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.

Who is responsible for protecting Caer Drewen Camp?

Caer Drewen 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 ME012.

What other scheduled monuments are near Caer Drewen Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nant Gwyn round cairns (7.4 km), Coed Llynor long hut (7.4 km), Blaen Llynor round cairn (7.7 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Caer Drewen Camp

Caer Drewen Camp stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.