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Prehistoric · Hillfort

Clegyr-Boia Camp

Pembrokeshire, Wales
Cadw SAM PE109
Period
Prehistoric
Site type
Hillfort
Broad class
Defence
Nation
Wales
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Clegyr-Boia Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Pembrokeshire, Wales, situated on a prominent natural rock outcrop that provides commanding views across the surrounding landscape. The site dates to the Iron Age and comprises defensive earthworks that exploit the natural topography of the location, with evidence of occupation and fortification consistent with the settlement patterns of Iron Age communities in south Wales. The camp's strategic position and defensive characteristics reflect the period's patterns of territorial control and communal defence during the later prehistoric period. The site remains an important archaeological monument representative of Iron Age hillfort settlements in south-west Wales, designated and protected as a scheduled ancient monument by Cadw.

Clegyr-Boia Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE109. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Clegyr-Boia Camp?

Clegyr-Boia Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Pembrokeshire, Wales, situated on a prominent natural rock outcrop that provides commanding views across the surrounding landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE109.

What period does Clegyr-Boia Camp date from?

Clegyr-Boia 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.

Who is responsible for protecting Clegyr-Boia Camp?

Clegyr-Boia 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 PE109.

What other scheduled monuments are near Clegyr-Boia Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Parc y Castell Mound and Bailey Castle (0.7 km), Well, south of Rhos-y-Cribed (0.9 km), St Davids Cathedral Mill Leat (0.9 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Parc y Castell Mound and Bailey Castle
Medieval · Ringwork and bailey0.7 km
Well, south of Rhos-y-Cribed
Medieval · Holy Well0.9 km
St Davids Cathedral Mill Leat
Medieval · Leat0.9 km
St Davids Cathedral Close: Close Wall and Sites of Former Gateways
Medieval · Wall1.3 km
Whitewell
Medieval · Hospital1.3 km
St Justinian's Chapel
Early Medieval · Chapel1.4 km
Castell Heinif
Prehistoric · Promontory Fort - coastal1.4 km
St Non's Chapel
Early Medieval · Chapel1.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Clegyr-Boia Camp

Clegyr-Boia Camp stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is felsic tuff.

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