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Pen-Ucha'r-Llan Ringwork is a medieval earthwork fortification located in Meirionnydd, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference Cadw SAM ME042. The site comprises a ringwork, a form of defended enclosure consisting of a circular or oval bank with internal ditch, typical of the 11th to 13th centuries and commonly associated with early medieval lordship in Wales and the Welsh Marches. The earthwork represents the kind of modest fortified residence that would have been occupied by minor nobility or local Welsh lords during the high medieval period. Such ringworks served both defensive and domestic purposes, providing secure bases for local authority and settlement within the landscape of medieval Meirionnydd.
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 earthwork fortification located in Meirionnydd, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under the reference Cadw SAM ME042. 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 the UK.
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).
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