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Cefn Blewog Camp is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Wales and scheduled under Cadw reference CD011. The monument occupies ground underlain by Llandovery rocks, a geological formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone laid down in the Ordovician period. This varied bedrock composition would have influenced the local soils and the strategies required for construction of the enclosure's defences.
The site comprises an earthwork enclosure typical of Iron Age settlement patterns across Wales, though its precise date within the prehistoric period remains undetermined by excavation. The ramparts and associated features represent a considerable labour investment, suggesting a settlement of some significance or a location held to be strategically important. The Llandovery geology beneath would have provided stone for construction and influenced the character of the surrounding landscape.
Today Cefn Blewog Camp survives as an upstanding earthwork monument, its archaeological interest protected by Cadw's scheduling. The site contributes to the broader pattern of prehistoric settlement across the Welsh uplands, where enclosed communities exploited the resources offered by local geology and terrain. Further archaeological investigation would be required to establish the enclosure's date, function and relationship to other contemporary settlements in the region.
Cefn Blewog Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD011. View the official record →
Cefn Blewog Camp is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Wales and scheduled under Cadw reference CD011.
Cefn Blewog Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cefn Blewog 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 CD011.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ystrad-Meurig Castle (5 km), Cwm-Meurig-Isaf Mound and Bailey Castle (5.1 km), Burnt Mound 230m NE of Ffos (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cefn Blewog Camp'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.
Cefn Blewog Camp stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.