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Danish Camp is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM056. The monument sits upon bedrock of the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a geological sequence of Westphalian age comprising mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete. This underlying geology has shaped both the landscape and the conditions of preservation at the site.
The enclosure belongs to a tradition of defensive or communal sites constructed during prehistory across Britain. Constructed upon the coal-bearing strata of South Wales, the monument's location reflects the use of naturally elevated or strategically positioned ground. The varied bedrock composition, including harder sandstone and ferricrete layers, would have offered suitable foundations and natural building materials for the construction of banks or palisades characteristic of such enclosures.
Cadw's designation reflects the site's importance to understanding prehistoric settlement and social organisation in Wales. The monument survives as an earthwork feature within its landscape, its preservation influenced by the underlying geology and later land use. Archaeological investigation of such enclosures across Britain has demonstrated their significance in Iron Age and Bronze Age communities, though the specific sequence of use at Danish Camp remains to be fully established through future study.
Danish Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM056. View the official record →
Danish Camp is a prehistoric enclosure located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM056.
Danish 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.
Danish 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 GM056.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pyle Incised Stone (4.7 km), Stormy Castle (6.1 km), Mynydd Herbert Round Barrow (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Danish 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.
Danish Camp stands on South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.