Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Defended Enclosure 130m ENE of Capel Ciliau Aeron
Ciliau Aeron, Ceredigion, Wales
A scheduled monument in Ciliau Aeron, Ceredigion, recorded as Enclosure (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 13 February 2009
- Community
- Ciliau Aeron
- Unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.20441, -4.19721
- SAM number
- CD271
- Cadw record number
- 1255
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 Monument.
The monument, also known as Y Gaer, comprises the remains of a small earthwork defended enclosure, which probably dates to the Iron Age / Romano-British periods (c. 800 BC - AD 400). It is located on the N side of a rounded W-facing inland promontory above NW-facing slopes. The enclosure is roughly square in shape and measures 38m across. A bank defends the interior and has been partly reduced in height and spread in width by later agricultural activities. The bank measures up to 0.6m in height and 8m in width. The entrance is located on the S side. The ditch is not visible.
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 an area around within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is roughly square in shape on plan and measures 70m N-S by 70m E-W.
Nearby in the register
- FoelalltDomesticunder 1 mi
- Entrance Gates at St Michael's ChurchDomesticunder 1 mi
- Mounting-Block at St Michael's ChurchDomesticunder 1 mi
- Railed Beynon Family Tomb Plus David Davies Tomb in St Michael's ChurchyardReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.