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Corn y Fan Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated on Welsh upland terrain underlain by Ludlow Rocks, the undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations of the Ludlow age. The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference BR051.
The hillfort occupies a naturally defensive position where the solid geology provides a stable foundation for fortification works. Hillforts of this type typically date to the Iron Age, though some may have origins in the Bronze Age, and served as communal centres for storage, administration and refuge. The mudstone and siltstone bedrock underlying the site would have weathered to create suitable conditions for both agriculture on surrounding slopes and the construction of earthwork defences.
The camp's survival as an upland monument reflects the patterns of settlement and land-use in prehistoric Wales, where such fortified sites were positioned to command significant tracts of territory. Today it remains a tangible record of Iron Age society and engineering, preserved within the Welsh landscape that shaped its builders' choice of location.
Corn y Fan Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR051. View the official record →
Corn y Fan Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated on Welsh upland terrain underlain by Ludlow Rocks, the undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formations of the Ludlow age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR051.
Corn y Fan 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.
Corn y Fan 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 BR051.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twyn-y-Gaer (7.4 km), Cross-Slab in Churchyard (7.7 km), Earthwork 675m W of Dan-y-Cefn (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Corn y Fan 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.
Corn y Fan Camp stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.