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Hill Tenement Enclosure is a prehistoric enclosed settlement located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference MG240. The site sits upon bedrock of Ludlow Rocks undifferentiated strata, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits that date to the Ludlow period of the Silurian age. This solid foundation of mixed sedimentary geology would have provided stable ground for settlement and cultivation during prehistory.
The enclosure belongs to a widespread tradition of defended and undefended settlements that characterise the prehistoric landscape of Wales. Such sites typically comprised one or more banks and ditches forming protective or demarcative boundaries around domestic and pastoral activities. The specific form and chronology of Hill Tenement Enclosure reflect the settlement practices of late prehistoric communities in the Welsh uplands and lowlands.
The monument remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns and land use in its locality. The survival of the enclosure's earthwork features, despite subsequent agricultural and natural processes, enables study of prehistoric social organisation, territorial control and the relationship between communities and their landscape during this formative period of Welsh prehistory.
Hill Tenement Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG240. View the official record →
Hill Tenement Enclosure is a prehistoric enclosed settlement located in Wales, protected as a scheduled monument by Cadw under reference MG240.
Hill Tenement Enclosure dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hill Tenement Enclosure 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 MG240.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell Bryn Amlwyg: a ringwork and enclosure castle (4.1 km), Ty'n-y-Cwm Camp (5.7 km), Llethrau Camp (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hill Tenement Enclosure'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.
Hill Tenement Enclosure stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.