Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Clogwyn Arllef Hillfort & Field System
Llanbedr, Gwynedd, Wales
A scheduled monument in Llanbedr, Gwynedd, recorded as Hillfort (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hillfort
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 28 June 1988
- Community
- Llanbedr
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.83614, -4.08611
- SAM number
- ME123
- Cadw record number
- 2494
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1795 map "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).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1795 · To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most… (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 135 Harlech (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (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 site occupies a low oval hill which is the highest point locally and offers good views. The N end of the hill is rocky, rounded and higher; to the S it tails off in a flattish ridge. Here there is a field system consisting of walls and clearance cairns (some of which seem to be fairly recent or recently added to), with some rather indistinct features which may be long huts.
The hillfort crowns the higher N part of the hill, but seems to have been largely cleared - the wall is very degraded, consisting of a line of stones at the break of slope and a scatter down the sides of the hill.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of prehistoric settlement and defence. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structures themselves may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Pigsty & Brewhouse range at Gwern EinionAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Gwern EinionDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coed MawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Gwern Einion Burial ChamberChambered Tombunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.