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Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Wales. The monument occupies sloping ground underlain by Silurian claystone, a fine-grained sedimentary rock formed during the Devonian period. This geological foundation would have presented particular challenges to prehistoric builders, who nevertheless selected this hillside for defensive or communal purposes.
The enclosure comprises banks and ditches that delineate a defined area on the slope. Such hillslope enclosures typically served multiple functions during prehistory, including livestock management, settlement defence and ceremonial gathering. The specific positioning on sloping terrain rather than on level ground suggests deliberate choice, possibly exploiting the natural topography for drainage or visibility.
The monument is protected under Cadw's guardianship as a scheduled ancient monument, reference CM232, recognising its archaeological significance and contribution to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns in Wales. The claystone bedrock, whilst imposing constructional demands, would have provided stable anchorage for substantial defensive earthworks. The site remains an important record of prehistoric land use and social organisation in the region.
Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM232. View the official record →
Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village is a prehistoric enclosure situated in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM232.
Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village 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 CM232.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Delacorse Uchaf Standing Stone (0.5 km), Laugharne Castle (0.6 km), Yr Hen Gapel, Llanybri (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village'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.
Hillslope Enclosure at Laugharne Park Holiday Village stands on Silurian claystone, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is claystone.