© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Cadw
Pen-Ucha'r-Llan Ringwork is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Meirionnydd, Wales. The site comprises a ringwork, a form of fortification consisting of a circular or oval defensive enclosure defined by a bank and ditch, characteristic of Welsh medieval settlement patterns. Ringworks of this type typically date to the eleventh to thirteenth centuries and served as defended homesteads or administrative centres for the Welsh gentry. The monument's location in Meirionnydd reflects the strategic importance of fortified positions in the medieval landscape of North Wales during the period of Welsh political organisation prior to English conquest.
Pen-Ucha'r-Llan Ringwork is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference ME042. View the official record →
Pen-Ucha'r-Llan Ringwork is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Meirionnydd, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference ME042.
Pen-Ucha'r-Llan Ringwork dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a ringwork. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pen-Ucha'r-Llan Ringwork 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 ME042.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Llanfor Roman Fort and Camps (revealed by Aerial Photography) (0.7 km), Tomen y Bala Castle Mound (1.3 km), Castell Gronw Castle Mound (2 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Pen-Ucha'r-Llan Ringwork