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Skomar Defended Enclosure is a prehistoric promontory fort located on the Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference PE545. The site occupies a coastal promontory and comprises defensive earthworks characteristic of Iron Age settlement patterns in Wales, though its precise dating and period of occupation remain subjects of archaeological study. The enclosure's position on the headland would have provided natural defensive advantages through cliff faces and coastal geography, supplemented by constructed earthen ramparts. Such promontory forts served as defended settlements or strongholds during the later prehistoric period, functioning as focal points for community organisation and resource control in their respective regions.
Skomar Defended Enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference PE545. View the official record →
Skomar Defended Enclosure is a prehistoric promontory fort located on the Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference PE545. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference PE545.
Skomar 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.
Skomar 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 PE545.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Old Palace, Lydstep (0.8 km), Old Castle Head Promontory Fort (1.3 km), Radar Station, Old Castle Head (1.4 km).
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