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Pen-Coed Camp is a prehistoric promontory fort situated in Carmarthenshire, Wales, positioned to command views across the surrounding landscape. The site consists of a defended enclosure formed by substantial earthwork banks and ditches that cut across a natural promontory, a defensive strategy typical of Iron Age fort construction. The monument dates to the Iron Age period, representing an important example of prehistoric defensive settlement in south Wales. Such promontory forts served both as territorial markers and places of refuge or habitation for Iron Age communities, reflecting the social organisation and military concerns of their time.
Pen-Coed Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CM142. View the official record →
Pen-Coed Camp is a prehistoric promontory fort situated in Carmarthenshire, Wales, positioned to command views across the surrounding landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CM142.
Pen-Coed 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 Britain.
Pen-Coed 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 CM142.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle-Lloyd Round Barrow (2.5 km), Deserted Medieval Settlement (2.6 km), Pant-Glas Camp (2.9 km).
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