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Pen y Ffrwd-Llwyd Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Ceredigion, Wales, occupying a commanding position in the upland landscape. The site comprises defensive earthworks typical of Iron Age settlement practices, with ramparts and ditches constructed to enclose and protect the hilltop. Such hillforts served as focal points for regional communities during the Iron Age period, functioning as centres for habitation, storage, and defensive refuge. The monument remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric territorial control and settlement hierarchy in the Cardigan peninsula region.
Pen y Ffrwd-Llwyd Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD033. View the official record →
Pen y Ffrwd-Llwyd Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Ceredigion, Wales, occupying a commanding position in the upland landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD033.
Pen y Ffrwd-Llwyd Camp 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 y Ffrwd-Llwyd 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 CD033.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bryngwyn Bach Round Cairn Cemetery (6.2 km), Bryn-y-Crofftau Ring Cairn (6.3 km), Carn Fflur Round Cairn Cemetery (7.3 km).
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