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Giant's Bank Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales, protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference MG112. The site occupies terrain underlain by Ludlow Rocks, a mixed sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Ludlow period of the Silurian era, which provides the geological foundation for the hillfort's defensive position.
The monument represents a form of fortified settlement characteristic of later prehistoric Britain, typically constructed to command views across surrounding landscape and provide defensive advantage through elevated position and earthwork construction. The underlying bedrock geology would have influenced both the settlement's defensibility and the communities' access to natural resources in the locality.
Giant's Bank Camp remains an important record of prehistoric settlement patterns and social organisation in Wales. As a Cadw-protected site, it forms part of the scheduled ancient monument estate and contributes to understanding of Iron Age or Bronze Age hillforts across the region, though the specific periods of occupation and abandonment require assessment through archaeological investigation.
Giant's Bank Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG112. View the official record →
Giant's Bank Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales, protected as an ancient monument by Cadw under reference MG112.
Giant's Bank 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.
Giant's Bank 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 MG112.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Block Wood Round Barrow (6 km), Kerry Hill Stone Circle (6.3 km), Castell Bryn Amlwyg: a ringwork and enclosure castle (7.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Giant's Bank 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.
Giant's Bank Camp stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.