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Pant-Glas Camp is a prehistoric promontory fort situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument (reference CM137). The fort occupies a naturally defensible position where topography provided strategic advantage for settlement during prehistory. Built upon bedrock of Pridoli rocks—undifferentiated mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposits formed during the Pridoli period—the site exploits the local geology to create elevated ground suitable for occupation and control of surrounding territory.
Promontory forts of this type represent a widespread defensive settlement strategy employed across Wales during the Iron Age and earlier periods. The fort's configuration typically utilises steep natural slopes or cliff faces, reducing the perimeter requiring artificial fortification. At Pant-Glas Camp, this defensive principle was applied to an inland promontory, distinguishing it from coastal examples which utilise sea-cliffs as natural barriers.
The monument preserves evidence of prehistoric land-use and settlement hierarchy, contributing to understanding of how Iron Age communities organised themselves within the Welsh landscape. The fort's inland location reflects settlement patterns driven by access to water, agricultural land and trade routes rather than coastal resources, offering insight into the territorial strategies of its inhabitants.
Pant-Glas Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM137. View the official record →
Pant-Glas Camp is a prehistoric promontory fort situated in Wales and protected by Cadw as a scheduled ancient monument (reference CM137).
Pant-Glas Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a promontory fort - inland. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pant-Glas 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 CM137.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Parc-Cynog Camp (0.6 km), Little Mountain Round Barrow (1 km), Llansadurnen Cross-Incised Stone & Other Stones (1.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pant-Glas 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.
Pant-Glas Camp stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.