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Garreg Lwyd Enclosure is a prehistoric enclosure situated some 600 metres south-east of Crosslane Cottages in Wales. The monument consists of an enclosed settlement whose earthworks are characteristic of Bronze Age or Iron Age occupation, periods when such defended or demarcated residential sites were commonplace across the Welsh landscape. The enclosure is protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under reference CM222.
The site occupies ground underlain by the South Wales Upper Coal Measures Formation, a geological sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone interbedded with coal and ironstone deposits. This Westphalian-age bedrock shaped both the physical landscape and the availability of resources in the locality. The ferricrete present within these deposits would have been visible in the surface geology, whilst coal outcrops in the region have been exploited since medieval times.
The enclosure's survival as an upstanding earthwork testament to prehistoric settlement practices reflects the monument's position within the wider pattern of defended settlements distributed across upland and transitional zones of South Wales. Its scheduling recognises its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric land use and social organisation in this part of Wales.
Garreg Lwyd Enclosure 600m SE of Crosslane Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM222. View the official record →
Garreg Lwyd Enclosure is a prehistoric enclosure situated some 600 metres south-east of Crosslane Cottages in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM222.
Garreg Lwyd Enclosure 600m SE of Crosslane Cottages dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Garreg Lwyd Enclosure 600m SE of Crosslane Cottages 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 CM222.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Lighthouse at Whitford Point (5.3 km), St Madoc's Church cross-incised stones (8.8 km), North Hill Tor Camp (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Garreg Lwyd Enclosure 600m SE of Crosslane Cottages'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.
Garreg Lwyd Enclosure 600m SE of Crosslane Cottages 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.