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Pen-twyn camp

England
List entry 1007311
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007311
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.62 hectares
Grid reference
SO 22821 48584
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pen-twyn camp is a multivallate hillfort situated in Herefordshire. The site is defended by multiple banks and ditches characteristic of Iron Age fortifications, indicating construction during the later prehistoric period. Its elevated position would have provided commanding views over the surrounding landscape, serving both defensive and territorial functions typical of major settlements of this era. The monument remains an important example of Iron Age settlement hierarchy and defensive architecture in the Welsh borderlands region.

Pen-twyn camp is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007311. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Pen-twyn camp?

Pen-twyn camp is a multivallate hillfort situated in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007311.

Who is responsible for protecting Pen-twyn camp?

Pen-twyn camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007311.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pen-twyn camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hay Castle (6.3 km), Castle Mound near Swan Hotel (6.4 km), Cusop Castle ringwork (7.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hay Castle
Medieval · Castle6.3 km
Castle Mound near Swan Hotel
Medieval · Motte6.4 km
Cusop Castle ringwork
7.3 km
Cross Slab in Llowes Church
Early Medieval · Cross-marked stone7.7 km
Llanthomas Castle Mound
Medieval · Motte8.4 km
Castle Tump
Medieval · Motte8.7 km
Pen-y-Wyrlod Long Barrow
Prehistoric · Chambered long barrow8.7 km
Motte castle and associated occupation and agricultural remains at Mynydd-Brith
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pen-twyn camp

Pen-twyn camp stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Pen-twyn camp

KenchesterRoman town · ~13.6 miles
Domesday entry for Clifford, Herefordshire →
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