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Coed Pen-y-Bryn Defended Settlement is a prehistoric enclosed settlement located in Meirionnydd, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference ME266. The site comprises a defensive earthwork enclosure characteristic of Iron Age settlement practice in Wales, featuring banks and ditches that would have provided protection and demarcation of domestic space. The defended nature of the settlement suggests occupation during a period when such fortifications were considered necessary, typical of Iron Age communities in the region who constructed similar enclosed homesteads. The woodland setting of the site has aided preservation of its archaeological features, allowing the earthwork remains to survive as a substantial record of prehistoric settlement patterns in this part of Wales.
Coed Pen-y-Bryn Defended Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME266. View the official record →
Coed Pen-y-Bryn Defended Settlement is a prehistoric enclosed settlement located in Meirionnydd, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference ME266. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME266.
Coed Pen-y-Bryn Defended Settlement dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure - defensive. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Coed Pen-y-Bryn Defended Settlement 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 ME266.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pentre Farm Barrow (0.6 km), Tal y Waen cairns (4.1 km), Maes Coch Deserted Rural Settlement (4.4 km).
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