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Camp N of Tonmawr is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument. The site lies upon bedrock of the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a Westphalian-age sequence comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete layers that underlie much of the region. This geology would have shaped both the landscape visible to its builders and the resources available in the surrounding territory.
As an enclosed settlement, the monument represents a form of defensive or socially demarcated occupation characteristic of later prehistoric Wales. The enclosure's earthworks would originally have comprised banks and ditches defining and protecting its interior space. The specific geology of the site, with its ironstone deposits and ferricrete cappings, may have influenced the choice of location, providing locally available stone for construction or indicating ore resources of value to prehistoric communities.
Today the monument survives as an archaeological earthwork. Its preservation under statutory protection allows the site to contribute to understanding of prehistoric settlement patterns, social organisation and land use across the Welsh uplands and coalfield regions. The enclosure remains a tangible record of the communities who chose this particular landscape for occupation in prehistory.
Camp N of Tonmawr is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM057. View the official record →
Camp N of Tonmawr is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM057.
Camp N of Tonmawr dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Camp N of Tonmawr 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 GM057.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tythegston Long Barrow (8.8 km), Cross in Tythegston Churchyard (8.9 km), Nottage Court Inscribed Stone (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Camp N of Tonmawr'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.
Camp N of Tonmawr stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.