Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Promontory Fort on Fleming's Down
St. Bride's Major, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Promontory Fort - inland
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 28 October 1994
- Community
- St. Bride's Major
- Unitary authority
- Vale of Glamorgan
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.47932, -3.60100
- SAM number
- GM466
- Cadw record number
- 2915
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 comprises the remains of a promontory fort which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 74, the Roman conquest of Wales). Inland promontory forts are usually located on a ridge or spur with steep slopes on 2 or 3 sides, and artificial ramparts on the level approaches. At Fleming's Down, the tip of a natural spur has been cut off by a substantial bank and ditch about 20m across and 3m high. The bank contains much limestone rubble, and the earthworks are well preserved. The entrance to the for was probably in the north end.
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
- Ty MaenDomesticunder 1 mi
- Barn at Ty MaenAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Vervil DykeDykeunder 1 mi
- Ogmore CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.