Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Chapel Hill Camp
Merthyr Mawr, Bridgend, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hillfort
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 4 July 1956
- Community
- Merthyr Mawr
- Unitary authority
- Bridgend
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.49057, -3.60189
- SAM number
- GM248
- Cadw record number
- 400
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 consists of 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. It comprises a single bank and ditch, generally reduced to a scarp, enclosing an area c. 92m east to west by 68m. In the north west interior is a lesser enclosure containing the remains of St Roque’s Chapel (Scheduled Ancient Monument GM247).
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric/medieval defensive organization and settlement. The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric or medieval context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong possibility 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
- Chapel of St RoqueReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Merthyr Mawr Inscribed Stones (now in St Rogue's Chapel)Crossunder 1 mi
- St Rogue's ChapelChapelunder 1 mi
- Gate Piers to Service Court and Attached Walls at Merthyr Mawr HouseGardens, Parks and Urban Spacesunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.