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Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference CD027. The site occupies ground underlain by Llandovery rocks, a formation of Ordovician age comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have weathered into shallow, often rocky soils. This geology, combined with the open moorland terrain typical of upland Wales, shaped both the construction of the enclosure and its suitability for prehistoric occupation.
The monument takes the form of a defended or bounded settlement of the type common across upland Britain during the Iron Age, though occupation may extend to earlier or later periods. Its earthwork defences would have controlled movement and access within the landscape, serving purposes both practical and symbolic for its inhabitants. The exact original form of the enclosure remains apparent in the surviving earthwork.
Such upland sites often represent seasonal or permanent settlement linked to pastoral economy, taking advantage of moorland grazing. The Llandovery bedrock exposed nearby would have provided stone for tool-making and construction, resources intimately connected to daily life at the settlement. The monument preserves evidence of prehistoric land use and social organisation across the Welsh uplands.
Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD027. View the official record →
Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales and protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw reference CD027.
Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch 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 near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch 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 CD027.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tan-y-Ffordd Hillfort (5.4 km), Pen-y-Felin Wynt Hillfort (6.2 km), Old Warren Hill Hillfort (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Camp near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch'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 near Garth-Penrhyn-Coch stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.