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Chapel Hill Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference GM248. The site occupies a naturally defensible hilltop position underlain by bedrock of the Lias Group, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone deposits laid down during the Aalenian period of the early Jurassic.
Like other hillforts of the British Iron Age, the monument would have served both defensive and administrative functions for the community that constructed and occupied it. The substantial earthworks characteristic of such sites—typically comprising one or more banks and ditches—exploited the elevated terrain to command views across the surrounding landscape and create obstacles to unauthorised approach.
The geological foundation of Chapel Hill Camp, composed of relatively soft Jurassic sediments, would have presented specific challenges and opportunities for the Iron Age engineers who built the fort. The local geology influenced both the construction methods available and the drainage properties of the site, factors that shaped how the settlement developed and functioned within its landscape.
Chapel Hill Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM248. View the official record →
Chapel Hill Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales and protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw under reference GM248.
Chapel Hill Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Chapel Hill 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 GM248.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwm Bach Camps (6.6 km), Buarth-Mawr Barn (6.8 km), Cwm Nash Defended Enclosure (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Chapel Hill 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.
Chapel Hill Camp stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.