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Pen-Toppen-Ash Camp is a Roman Defence / Fort in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference MM042. The site is protected by law on account of its national importance to the archaeological and historical heritage of Wales, and is managed by Cadw.
Pen-Toppen-Ash Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM042. View the official record →
Pen-Toppen-Ash Camp is a Roman Defence / Fort in Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference MM042.
Pen-Toppen-Ash Camp dates from the roman period, and is classified as a fort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pen-Toppen-Ash 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 MM042.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bishton Castle (3.7 km), St. Mary's Churchyard Cross, Llanwern (3.8 km), Deserted Medieval Village W of St Mary's Church (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pen-Toppen-Ash 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.
Pen-Toppen-Ash Camp stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.