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Porth y Bwch Defended Enclosure is a prehistoric promontory fort located on the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. The monument occupies a naturally defensible headland position and is defined by artificial defensive works comprising banks and ditches that cut across the promontory to create an enclosed settlement area. Dating to the Iron Age, the site exemplifies the promontory fort tradition characteristic of coastal Wales during the later prehistoric period, wherein natural topography was enhanced with constructed defences to create secure settlements and potential centres of local control. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Iron Age settlement patterns and defensive strategies in southwest Wales.
Porth y Bwch Defended Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE548. View the official record →
Porth y Bwch Defended Enclosure is a prehistoric promontory fort located on the Pembrokeshire coast in Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE548.
Porth y Bwch Defended Enclosure dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a promontory fort - coastal. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Porth y Bwch Defended Enclosure 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 PE548.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burial Chamber (0.6 km), Lime Kilns (1.1 km), Promontory Fort S of Solva Harbour (1.1 km).
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