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Prehistoric · Hillfort

Foel Drygarn Camp

Pembrokeshire, Wales
Cadw SAM PE010
Period
Prehistoric
Site type
Hillfort
Broad class
Defence
Nation
Wales
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Foel Drygarn Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Pembrokeshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under reference PE010. The site comprises a multivallate Iron Age fortification, featuring multiple concentric banks and ditches that encircle the summit of Foel Drygarn, providing both defensive capability and territorial prominence across the surrounding landscape. Archaeological evidence indicates occupation and use during the Iron Age, with the defensive earthworks representing a significant investment in communal labour and engineering. The hillfort's position on high ground and its substantial fortifications suggest it served as a centre for settlement, storage, or refuge during a period of social organisation and potential inter-community competition in prehistoric Wales.

Foel Drygarn Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE010. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Foel Drygarn Camp?

Foel Drygarn Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Pembrokeshire, Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under reference PE010.

What period does Foel Drygarn Camp date from?

Foel Drygarn Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.

Who is responsible for protecting Foel Drygarn Camp?

Foel Drygarn 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 PE010.

What other scheduled monuments are near Foel Drygarn Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tumulus N of Goodwins Row, Efailwen (7.5 km), Pant y Menyn Round Barrow (7.6 km), Round Barrow SE of Goodwins Row, Efailwen (7.8 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Tumulus N of Goodwins Row, Efailwen
Prehistoric · Ring Cairn7.5 km
Pant y Menyn Round Barrow
Prehistoric · Round Barrow7.6 km
Round Barrow SE of Goodwins Row, Efailwen
Prehistoric · Round Barrow7.8 km
Dol-Wilym Burial Chamber
Prehistoric · Chambered Tomb8 km
Standing Stone 630m NNW of Pant-yr-Odyn
Prehistoric · Standing Stone8.1 km
Standing Stone 495m NW of Coynant
Prehistoric · Standing Stone8.1 km
Pencraig-Fawr Camp
Prehistoric · Enclosure8.2 km
Capel Nebo Standing Stone
Prehistoric · Standing Stone8.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Foel Drygarn Camp

Foel Drygarn Camp stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.

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