Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Clawdd Wood Camp
Meifod, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Meifod, Powys, recorded as Enclosure (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Meifod
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.68909, -3.24294
- SAM number
- MG099
- Cadw record number
- 2000
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of WalesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1899 · 151 Welshpool (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1916 · Sheet 60. Shrewsbury. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The monument comprises the remains of a defended enclosure or hillfort, probably dating to the Iron Age (c. 800 BC - AD 74, the Roman conquest of Wales). The enclosure forms an oval, enclosing a level platform c.76m south-west to north-east by c.76m. It is multivallate to the north with three scarped slopes 2.6m high, but with only one scarped slope visible in the south. The western defences appear to be formed from a very steep natural slope, whilst to the east, historical cultivation has removed almost all visible traces of the monument. The entrance probably lay in this eastern area.
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. It is sub-oval in shape and extends c.167m NE-SW and c.101m NW-SE.
Nearby in the register
- Clawdd Wood round barrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
- Clawdd LlesgLinear Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Cefn PentreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Detached farm range at Cefn PentreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.