Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dinas y Prif Camp
Llanwnda, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Roman
- Community
- Llanwnda
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.09487, -4.29615
- SAM number
- CN030
- Cadw record number
- 565
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a rectangular earthwork measuring 47m x 43m and surrounded by a bank and ditch. The bank and ditch together are c.14-15m wide. The bank stands to a height of c.1.5m above the interior of the enclosure and 3m above the bottom of the ditch. The corners of the bank stand at least a metre higher than the bank itself. There is an entrance 2.4m wide in the centre of the NW side, and there are traces of a second bank beyond the ditch on this side. The area outside the entrance is quite wet, and organic remains may well have been preserved here. To the NE of the site are the remains of two prehistoric hut groups, CN212 and CN278. These could be important in helping to establish the relationship between the sites. Early fields must also have existed around these sites, and remains may still be visible, either from the air or by excavation.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Roman defensive organisation and settlement. The site forms an important element within the wider 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
- Hut Circle Settlement East of Dinas-y-PrifEnclosed hut circleunder 1 mi
- Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement North of Rhedynog Felen BachEnclosed hut circle settlementunder 1 mi
- Ty-henDomesticunder 1 mi
- Bothy and Pigsties at Ty-henAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.