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Cefn Llan Hillfort is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference MG236. The site dates to the Iron Age period and comprises a hilltop fortification defined by substantial earthwork defences. The hillfort's strategic positioning reflects the settlement and defensive practices characteristic of Iron Age communities in Wales, where such fortified sites served as centres of territorial control, refuge, and habitation. The surviving earthworks remain a significant archaeological record of prehistoric Welsh settlement patterns and defensive architecture.
Cefn Llan Hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG236. View the official record →
Cefn Llan Hillfort is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference MG236. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG236.
Cefn Llan Hillfort dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cefn Llan Hillfort 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 MG236.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Lower Short Ditch (6.9 km), Upper Short Ditch (7.7 km), Upper Short Ditch Also in Powys: Wales (8 km).
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