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Crowther's Coppice Camp is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference MG143. The monument occupies ground underlain by Wenlock Rocks, a formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone dating to the Wenlock period. This solid geology would have provided a stable foundation for the construction and occupation of the enclosure during prehistoric times.
The site's location on Wenlock bedrock indicates settlement in an area with naturally stable ground conditions. The varied lithology of the underlying rocks—combining mudstone, siltstone and sandstone—would have offered potential building materials accessible from local exposures and weathered outcrops, resources that prehistoric communities could have exploited for construction and tool-making.
The enclosure represents a form of settlement or territorial marker common to prehistoric Wales. Its survival within the landscape, preserved beneath later vegetation as a coppice, reflects the substantial nature of its original construction. The site remains an important record of prehistoric land use and defensive or domestic organisation in this part of Wales, contributing to understanding of early settlement patterns in the region.
Crowther's Coppice Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG143. View the official record →
Crowther's Coppice Camp is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference MG143.
Crowther's Coppice Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Crowther's Coppice 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 MG143.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Trelystan Church House Round Barrows (6.5 km), Cursus, Llwyn-Wron (revealed by aerial photography) (7.2 km), Offa's Dyke: Section from North Lodge, Leighton Park to Old Quarry S of Green Wood (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Crowther's Coppice 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.
Crowther's Coppice Camp stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.