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Coed-y-Gaer Hillfort is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Shropshire, England. The site comprises a substantial earthwork enclosure defined by a single or multiple ramparts and ditches, characteristic of Iron Age defensive architecture in the Welsh Marches region. The hillfort occupies a commanding position that would have provided strategic control over the surrounding landscape. Although detailed excavation records for this specific site are limited in the broader scholarly literature, it represents the category of hillforts that were established and occupied during the later prehistoric period, particularly the Iron Age, when such fortified hilltops served as centres of settlement, trade, and territorial control in this borderland region.
Coed-y-Gaer Hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006279. View the official record →
Coed-y-Gaer Hillfort is a prehistoric fortified settlement located in Shropshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006279.
Coed-y-Gaer Hillfort is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006279.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llanyblodwel Bridge (6.1 km), Offa's Dyke: section 360yds (330m) long, Llynclys Hill (6.4 km), Rhyd-Meredydd Bridge over River Tanat (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Coed-y-Gaer Hillfort'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.
Coed-y-Gaer Hillfort stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.