© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Cadw
Cefn y Castell is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM MG007. The site occupies a commanding hilltop position and exhibits the characteristic defensive earthworks typical of Iron Age hillforts, including substantial ramparts that would have enclosed and protected a settlement of considerable size. The monument dates to the Iron Age period, when such fortified settlements served as centres of territorial control, storage, and communal gathering. Its strategic location reflects the strategic defensive principles employed by Iron Age communities in Wales during the first millennium BC.
Cefn y Castell is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG007. View the official record →
Cefn y Castell is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under Cadw reference SAM MG007. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG007.
Cefn y Castell 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 y Castell 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 MG007.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 290m north of Upper House Farm (6.4 km), Black Bank Camp (7.1 km), Small enclosed Iron Age settlement and a length of an adjacent hollow way, 350m north west of Beechfield (7.6 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in the UK — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Cefn y Castell