Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Llwyn Du Camp
Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, recorded as Hillfort (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hillfort
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Llangadog
- Unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.90346, -3.92056
- SAM number
- CM010
- Cadw record number
- 3081
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1860 map "41. Caermathen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1860 · 41. Caermathen. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Sheet 10. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. . (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Outline) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 212 Llandovery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 earthwork enclosure, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 74, the Roman conquest of Wales). A roughly sub-rectangular enclosure of 0.7ha measuring about 150m north-east to south-west by 50m occupies the south-western end of an isolated ridge. It is defined by scarps above steep natural slopes on the north-west and south-east, by a single bank c 3m high with an interior ditch c 0.4m deep on the north east and by bivallate defences including a simple entrance on the south west. It is possible that the enclosure may have extended further to the north-east to enclose the entire ridge-top.
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
- Pound near Rhuad y MonAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Standing Stone S of Llwyn-Du FarmStanding Stoneunder 1 mi
- Garn Goch CampsHillfortunder 1 mi
- Cwmdu Defended EnclosureEnclosure - Defensiveunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.