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Pen y Ffrwd-Llwyd Camp is a prehistoric hillfort situated in Wales. The site occupies a commanding position on bedrock formed from Llandovery rocks, comprising mudstone, siltstone and sandstone that would have weathered into the slopes and surfaces visible today. This geology shaped both the fort's construction and its setting, with the underlying strata influencing the natural topography that attracted its builders.
The hillfort is protected as an ancient monument by Cadw, the Welsh heritage organisation, under the reference CD033. Its designation reflects its archaeological significance as a prehistoric defensive settlement, a monument type characteristic of Iron Age Wales and earlier periods. Such hillforts typically exploited naturally elevated terrain to create commanding views across surrounding territory whilst providing defensive advantages through their elevated position.
The site survives as a landscape monument whose earthwork remains are preserved within the Welsh countryside. The specific geological foundation of mudstone and siltstone visible in the local bedrock provides material evidence of the ancient landscape conditions in which the fort was constructed, whilst the Llandovery rocks themselves remain exposed throughout the surrounding area, testament to the geological continuity of this region across millennia.
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 situated in Wales. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Pen y Ffrwd-Llwyd Camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Pen y Ffrwd-Llwyd Camp stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.