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Cwm Bach Camps is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales, occupying a naturally defensible position on slopes developed across Silurian sedimentary bedrock. The underlying Paleozoic strata, laid down in ancient marine environments hundreds of millions of years before the hillfort's construction, provide the geological foundation of this Iron Age settlement.
The site's location on Silurian rocks reflects its builders' practical understanding of the landscape. The naturally occurring outcrops and stable ground characteristic of this sedimentary geology would have offered advantages for settlement and defence. The topography created by the bedrock geology shapes the hillfort's layout and the lines of its earthwork defences.
Cwm Bach Camps is protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw, the Welsh heritage agency, under reference GM186. This designation recognises its significance as evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and social organisation in Wales. The hillfort remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric land use and construction techniques adapted to the Welsh upland environment.
Cwm Bach Camps is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM186. View the official record →
Cwm Bach Camps is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales, occupying a naturally defensible position on slopes developed across Silurian sedimentary bedrock. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference GM186.
Cwm Bach Camps dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Cwm Bach Camps 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 GM186.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cwm Nash Defended Enclosure (1.5 km), Round Barrows NE of Church Farm (2.5 km), Nash Point Round Barrows (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Cwm Bach Camps'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.
Cwm Bach Camps stands on Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is sedimentary rocks.