Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Maerdy Gaer
Llangrannog, Ceredigion, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 15 September 1949
- Community
- Llangrannog
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.14937, -4.40725
- SAM number
- CD090
- Cadw record number
- 1870
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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 an earthwork enclosure. The date or precise nature of the enclosure is unknown, but it is likely to be later prehistoric or medieval. Maerdy Gaer, also known as Castell Crugiau, sits immediately below the summit of an isolated east-west ridge. It is sub-rectangular, measuring c.56m east-west by 48m, and is bisected by a modern field boundary running east-west. The banks have been spread by ploughing and stand only c.0.6m high, apart from in the south-east corner, where the bank is c.1.2m high externally and 0.8m high internally..
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
- Capel FfynonReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Milestone in village centreTransportunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Nant Fothau (partly in the Llangranog Community)Transport1 mi
- Glan-yr-afonDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.