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Llwynda-Ddu Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference GM180. The site represents an important example of Iron Age defensive settlement, constructed to command views of the surrounding landscape and provide fortified occupation. The camp is defined by substantial earthwork defences, characteristic of hillforts constructed during the later prehistoric period. Such monuments reflect the social hierarchies, territorial control, and defensive concerns of Iron Age communities in Wales.
Llwynda-Ddu Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM180. View the official record →
Llwynda-Ddu Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference GM180.
Llwynda-Ddu 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.
Llwynda-Ddu 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 GM180.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Greave Round Barrow (7.9 km), Tinkinswood Chambered Tomb (7.9 km), Castle Ringwork 850m ENE of Ty'n-y-Coed (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Llwynda-Ddu 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.
Llwynda-Ddu Camp stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.