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Site 450m NW of Glan Mule is a prehistoric ring ditch revealed by aerial photography. The monument consists of a circular or sub-circular ditch that once enclosed a raised central area, a form of settlement or ceremonial site common across Britain and Ireland during the Bronze Age and earlier periods. Such ring ditches typically functioned as domestic enclosures, stock compounds or ritual spaces, though their precise purpose often remains uncertain without excavation.
The site lies on Wenlock Rocks, a bedrock formation of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone deposited during the Silurian period some 425 million years ago. This geology shaped the landscape available to prehistoric communities, providing water sources and workable soils suitable for settlement and agriculture across the Welsh terrain.
The monument is protected by Cadw, the Welsh heritage body, under reference MG172. Aerial photography has proved instrumental in locating such features, which leave subtle earthwork signatures visible from above and may be barely perceptible at ground level. The site represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric land use and settlement patterns in this part of Wales.
Site 450m NW of Glan Mule (revealed by aerial photography) is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference MG172. View the official record →
Site 450m NW of Glan Mule is a prehistoric ring ditch revealed by aerial photography. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference MG172.
Site 450m NW of Glan Mule (revealed by aerial photography) dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a ring ditch. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Site 450m NW of Glan Mule (revealed by aerial photography) 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 MG172.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell Bryn Amlwyg: a ringwork and enclosure castle (6 km), Ty'n-y-Cwm Camp (7.3 km), Two Tumps Round Barrows (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Site 450m NW of Glan Mule (revealed by aerial photography)'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.
Site 450m NW of Glan Mule (revealed by aerial photography) stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.