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Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf is a prehistoric defensive earthwork located in Breconshire, Wales, recorded under Cadw Scheduled Ancient Monument reference BR405. The site comprises an enclosure defined by defensive works typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the Welsh uplands, though prehistoric occupation in the region extends back into earlier periods. The monument's physical remains consist of earthen banks and ditches characteristic of defended settlements constructed to protect domestic and communal activity. Such enclosures represent important evidence of settlement hierarchy and territorial organisation during the later prehistoric period in South Wales.
Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR405. View the official record →
Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf is a prehistoric defensive earthwork located in Breconshire, Wales, recorded under Cadw Scheduled Ancient Monument reference BR405. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR405.
Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure - defensive. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Defended Enclosure 350m NNW of Ty-Uchaf 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 BR405.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brake Engine on Hill Pits Tramroad Incline (5.7 km), Old Coal Pits, Blaenavon (6.1 km), Garn Road Powder House 300m ENE of Ashgrove Bungalow (6.1 km).
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