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Pen-Twyn Earthwork is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the Cadw reference MM064. The site comprises defensive earthworks characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns, featuring banks and ditches positioned to command views of the surrounding landscape. Such hillforts served as focal points for regional communities during the Iron Age period, functioning as defended settlements, storage facilities, and centres of social authority. The physical remains at Pen-Twyn reflect the investment in defensive architecture typical of Iron Age Wales, though the precise chronology and extent of occupation at this particular site would require reference to detailed archaeological survey and excavation records held by Cadw.
Pen-Twyn Earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MM064. View the official record →
Pen-Twyn Earthwork is a prehistoric hillfort located in Wales, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the Cadw reference MM064. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MM064.
Pen-Twyn Earthwork dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pen-Twyn Earthwork 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 MM064.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pen y Clawdd Castle Mound (3.1 km), Remains of St Michael's Chapel and Skirrid Fawr Defended Enclosure (5 km), St. James's Churchyard Cross, Llanvetherine (7.3 km).
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