Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Broniarth Hill Camp
Meifod, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Meifod
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.69743, -3.24262
- SAM number
- MG097
- Cadw record number
- 4356
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "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).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The monument comprises the remains of a hillfort, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 74, the Roman conquest of Wales). Hillforts are usually located on hilltops and surrounded by a single or multiple earthworks of massive proportions. 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. Broniarth Camp hillfort is univallate, enclosed by a single rampart, with a possible entrance on the north side. The defences consist of a bank up to 1m high, with a ditch and counter scarp. The hillfort occupies a naturally defensive hilltop position, with views in all directions.
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
- Clawdd LlesgLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Clawdd Wood round barrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- 'L'-Shaped Range of Farm Builings, including a Dovecote at Pen-y-Lan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-Lan HallDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.