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Waunfaeog Hillfort is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located in Breconshire, Wales. The site comprises a single rampart with external ditch, characteristic of Iron Age hillforts constructed during the first millennium BCE. Its strategic position in the upland landscape of Breconshire reflects the settlement and territorial patterns of Iron Age communities in south Wales. The monument remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric Welsh defensive architecture, formally protected under the Cadw scheduled ancient monuments register as SAM BR243.
Waunfaeog Hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference BR243. View the official record →
Waunfaeog Hillfort is a prehistoric defensive enclosure located in Breconshire, Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference BR243.
Waunfaeog Hillfort dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Waunfaeog Hillfort 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 BR243.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blaen Glyn Round Cairn (3.1 km), Storey Arms Anti-invasion Defences (5.2 km), Nant y Gaseg long hut (6.3 km).
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