Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Cwm George Camp
Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
A scheduled monument in Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith, Vale of Glamorgan, recorded as Earthwork (unclassified) (Early Medieval).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Earthwork (unclassified)
- Period
- Early Medieval
- Community
- Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.44253, -3.22716
- SAM number
- GM023
- Cadw record number
- 3679
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1636 · Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ... (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · The fourth table of England. Cornub. Devonia, Somerset etc. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · England and Wales. England No. 6. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1898 · 263 Cardiff (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1913 · Sheet 110. Cardiff & Mouth of the Severn. (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 defended settlement site dating from the 5th-7th centuries AD.
An important settlement site, excavated in 1954-58, Cwm George is situated at the north end of a high narrow ridge. The end of the ridge is cut off by four concentric banks, three of them large. The low discontinuous bank second from the inside is probably the earliest. Inside the banks evidence has been found for sub-rectangular buildings, and a wealth of finds, including pottery and glass from the east Mediterranean. Such artefacts indicate that the occupants were of high status and wealth.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of early medieval high status settlement. The monument forms an important element within the wider early medieval context and the scheduled area may be expected to contain a wide range of archaeological information, including chronological detail and evidence in regard to construction techniques and settlement activities.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Tyn y Coed EarthworkEarthwork (unclassified)under 1 mi
- Dinas Powis CastleCastleunder 1 mi
- Remains of Dinas Powis CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- Garn-hill and attached garden terraceGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.