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Craig Adwywynt Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales and protected as an ancient monument under Cadw reference DE073. The site occupies higher ground underlain by Dinantian limestone, a bedrock formed during the Mississippian period and comprising limestone with bands of sandstone and argillaceous rocks. This geological foundation would have influenced the camp's defensibility and the building materials available to its prehistoric inhabitants. Hillforts of this type typically date to the Iron Age, though some may have earlier origins. The limestone geology of the site is characteristic of much of central and south Wales, shaping both the landscape's topography and the resources accessible to those who occupied such elevated positions.
The camp's location on higher ground reflects the typical defensive strategy of Iron Age communities, who selected naturally commanding positions to control movement and settlement in the surrounding landscape. The combination of elevation and the underlying resistant limestone would have provided both practical advantages for occupation and symbolic prominence within the local environment. Craig Adwywynt Camp remains an important element of Wales's prehistoric heritage, demonstrating how Iron Age populations chose and utilised specific landscapes based on both practical and strategic considerations.
Craig Adwywynt Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE073. View the official record →
Craig Adwywynt Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales and protected as an ancient monument under Cadw reference DE073.
Craig Adwywynt 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.
Craig Adwywynt 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 DE073.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mynydd Cricor Barrow (4.8 km), Tom Dongen Round Barrow (5.4 km), Tomen y Rhodwydd (Castell yr Adwy) Mound and Bailey Castle (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Craig Adwywynt 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.
Craig Adwywynt Camp stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.