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Mount Pleasant Enclosure is a Neolithic henge monument located in Glamorgan, Wales, dating to around 3000 BCE. The site consists of a roughly circular enclosure defined by a substantial ditch and internal bank, characteristic of the henge tradition of prehistoric Britain. Archaeological investigation has revealed evidence of ritual and ceremonial activity typical of Neolithic gathering places, though the precise functions of such monuments remain subject to scholarly debate. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and forms part of the important concentration of prehistoric ritual sites in the Vale of Glamorgan region.
Mount Pleasant Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG237. View the official record →
Mount Pleasant Enclosure is a Neolithic henge monument located in Glamorgan, Wales, dating to around 3000 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG237.
Mount Pleasant 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.
Mount Pleasant 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 MG237.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fron Derw Wood Camp (5.1 km), Hill Tenement Enclosure (5.2 km), The Moat Mound and Bailey Castle (6 km).
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