Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ffridd Faldwyn Camp
Montgomery, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Montgomery, Powys, recorded as Hillfort (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hillfort
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Montgomery
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.56418, -3.15724
- SAM number
- MG015
- Cadw record number
- 1974
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 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)
- 1899 · 165 Montgomery (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 hillfort, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c.800 BC to AD 74, the Roman conquest of Wales). Hillforts are usually located on hilltops and surrounded by a single or multiple earthworks of massive propoprtions. Hillforts must have formed symbols of power within the landscape, while their function may have had as much to do with ostentation and display as defence.
Ffridd Faldwyn Camp was partially excavated in 1937-8. The excavations determined that the hillfort was constructed in several phases, culminating in an earlier inner enclosure surrounded by a later, larger outer enclosure. The hillfort takes the form of an irregular oval, tapering to the north and south. The outer enclosure consists of a double rampart and ditch with a complex entrance and outworks at the south-west, and a simple entrance in the north.
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 in 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.
Nearby in the register
- Montgomery CastleCastleunder 1 mi
- Old Castle FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Montgomery CastleDefenceunder 1 mi
- No. 2 Rock CottagesDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.