Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Pen Dinas Lochtyn
Llangrannog, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangrannog, Ceredigion, recorded as Hillfort (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hillfort
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 June 1949
- Community
- Llangrannog
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.16620, -4.46416
- SAM number
- CD071
- Cadw record number
- 1861
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. A. Kon: England. b. Frstenthum Wales: Shire: 37-40 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 194 Llangranog (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 78. Lampeter. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a hillfort, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 74, the Roman conquest of Wales). Hillforts are usually Iocated on hilltops and surrounded by a single or multiple earthworks of massive proportions. Hillforts must have formed symbols of power within the landscape, while their function may have had as much to do with ostentation and display as defence.
This monument consists of a hill, scarped to form defences on the W, S and E to form a bank 8ft - 10ft high with traces of a ditch at the bottom of the scarp. There is a small square brick outlook hut inside the camp on the N side (possibly in connection with rocket firing out to sea).
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement. The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Ynys Lochtyn Defended EnclosurePromontory Fort- coastalunder 1 mi
- Bancfelin ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Lime Kiln at Llangrannog BeachIndustrialunder 1 mi
- Pigeonsford MansionDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.