Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caer-Din
Churchstoke, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Churchstoke, Powys, recorded as Enclosure (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Churchstoke
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.50092, -3.07199
- SAM number
- MG091
- Cadw record number
- 2993
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 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 monument.
The monument comprises the remains of an earthwork/stone-built enclosure. The date or precise nature of the enclosure is unknown, but it is likely to be later prehistoric or medieval. Caer Din comprises a univallate defended enclosure situated on hilltop. It measures 92m E-W by 88.0m transversely, and consists of a single rampart measuring c 9.0m wide, 0.5m internally and 2.2m externally. An outer ditch is not visible, except on aerial photography. The site is situated in a regularly ploughed field, but the banks are covered in grass and gorse. A sunken track runs across the site, from the original entrance in the E side to a more modern break in the SW corner. There is a fairly large depression in the interior of the enclosure.
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
- Offa's Dyke: Section from Road Junction near Drewin to County BoundaryLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Bishop's Moat Mound & Bailey CastleMotte and Bailey1 mi
- Offa's Dyke: Cwm SectionLinear Earthwork1 mi
- Pentre CampHillfort1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.