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Long Wood Camp is a medieval enclosure situated in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference RD096. The monument occupies ground underlain by Pridoli Rocks, an undifferentiated sequence of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone formed during the Pridoli period, which provides a base of moderately stable but somewhat fractured stone typical of upland Welsh sites.
The enclosure represents a form of medieval settlement or defensive structure common across Wales during the medieval period. Such enclosures typically comprised a substantial bank or rampart, often with an external ditch, creating a roughly circular or polygonal defended space. The choice of location at Long Wood demonstrates the medieval proprietor's concern for both defensibility and access to surrounding land, positioning the camp where bedrock geology offered a firm foundation whilst the landscape provided views and control over approaches.
The site's survival as an earthwork reflects both the durability of its construction and the relative stability of the underlying geology. The Pridoli mudstones and siltstones, whilst prone to weathering on exposed slopes, have allowed the rampart and ditch to remain legible in the landscape. Long Wood Camp contributes to the archaeological record of medieval Wales, illustrating patterns of settlement and land use during a formative period of Welsh territorial organisation.
Long Wood Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference RD096. View the official record →
Long Wood Camp is a medieval enclosure situated in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference RD096.
Long Wood Camp dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a enclosure. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Long Wood 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 RD096.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 445m south west of Lower Court (7.2 km), Bowl barrow 460m south of Lower Court (7.4 km), Motte castle 300m north east of Combe House (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Long Wood 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.
Long Wood Camp stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.