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Caswell Cliff Fort is a prehistoric promontory fort located on the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, Wales. The site occupies a naturally defensible headland position and is protected by steep cliffs on three sides, with defensive earthworks constructed across the narrow land approach to the promontory. Dating evidence and typological analysis suggest occupation during the Iron Age, when such fortified headlands served as centres for settlement, storage, or periodic gathering. The fort's strategic coastal location would have afforded control over maritime approaches and local resources, typical of promontory forts in southwest Britain during the later prehistoric period.
Caswell Cliff Fort is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM132. View the official record →
Caswell Cliff Fort is a prehistoric promontory fort located on the Gower Peninsula in Swansea, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM132.
Caswell Cliff Fort dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a promontory fort - coastal. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Caswell Cliff Fort 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 GM132.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Peter's Chapel & Well, Caswell Bay (0.8 km), Chantry Acre medieval chapel (1.3 km), Bishopston Valley Camp (1.9 km).
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