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Moel Offrwm Lower Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales on bedrock of Ordovician age. The underlying geology consists of unnamed extrusive rocks of mafic composition, formed when lava erupted during the Ordovician period hundreds of millions of years ago. This volcanic foundation provides the natural ridge and elevated terrain upon which the hillfort was constructed.
The site exemplifies the hillforts characteristic of Iron Age Britain, positioned to command views across the surrounding landscape. Such fortifications typically comprised defensive earthwork banks and ditches enclosing domestic and storage areas. The elevated volcanic bedrock would have offered both a naturally defensive position and good drainage for settlement.
Moel Offrwm Lower Camp is protected as a scheduled monument under Cadw, the Welsh heritage protection service, with the reference number ME035. This official designation recognises its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and organisation in Wales, preserving the site for research and public understanding of Iron Age communities and their relationship to the Welsh landscape.
Moel Offrwm Lower Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME035. View the official record →
Moel Offrwm Lower Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales on bedrock of Ordovician age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME035.
Moel Offrwm Lower 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.
Moel Offrwm Lower 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 ME035.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pentre Farm Barrow (3 km), Brithdir Roman Fort (3 km), Llanelltyd Bridge (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Moel Offrwm Lower 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.
Moel Offrwm Lower Camp stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.