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Pen y Dinas Camp is a hillfort of Iron Age date located in Conwy, North Wales. The site occupies a commanding elevated position and is defined by defensive earthworks comprising ramparts and ditches that typify Iron Age fortified settlements of the period. Such hillforts served as centres of settlement, refuge, and territorial control during the Iron Age, functioning as focal points for local communities across the landscape. The monument remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric fortification strategies and social organisation in Iron Age Wales.
Pen y Dinas Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CN039. View the official record →
Pen y Dinas Camp is a hillfort of Iron Age date located in Conwy, North Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CN039.
Pen y Dinas Camp dates from the iron age period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Pen y Dinas 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 CN039.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hendre-Waelod Burial Chamber (8.3 km), Cefn Llechen cairns (8.8 km), Hut Groups N of Cerrig y Dinas (9.2 km).
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