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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 defended coastal position and comprises an Iron Age defensive structure, likely dating to the first millennium before Christ. The fort's defences exploit the dramatic cliff-edge topography, with evidence of ramparts and ditches constructed across the promontory neck to create a stronghold. Such coastal forts served as territorial markers, refuges, and centres of economic or military control during the Iron Age 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 Britain.
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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