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Defended Settlement 150m NW of Plas Ynysfor is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located in Meirionnydd, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference ME265. The site comprises earthwork defences characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in Wales, consisting of banks and ditches that would have enclosed and protected a domestic settlement. Such defended settlements are typical of the later prehistoric period in Britain, when communities fortified their habitation sites against potential threats. The monument's preservation as earthwork remains provides evidence of prehistoric settlement organisation and defensive strategies in the upland regions of Gwynedd.
Defended Settlement 150m NW of Plas Ynysfor is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME265. View the official record →
Defended Settlement 150m NW of Plas Ynysfor is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located in Meirionnydd, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference ME265. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME265.
Defended Settlement 150m NW of Plas Ynysfor dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure - defensive. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Defended Settlement 150m NW of Plas Ynysfor 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 ME265.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement E of Eisingrug (8.5 km), Moel y Glo Homestead & Burnt Mound (8.8 km), Settlements SW of Bryn Cader Faner (8.9 km).
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