Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Ucheldre Camp
Bettws, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Bettws
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.57855, -3.26954
- SAM number
- MG156
- Cadw record number
- 2013
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (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. Ucheldre Camp comprises a small hillfort situated in undisturbed pasture on small natural ridge. There is a well-preserved bank and ditch on west side measuring 8.0m wide and 1.3m high with 6.0m wide outer ditch and c 1.0m deep. On the N and S sides natural slopes have been scarped to form defences, and at the E end there are traces of a berm with a ditch and counterscarp bank. A entrance is visible on the N side, 31m from NW corner.
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
- The Old GlynDomesticunder 1 mi
- Pen-y-Gaer CampHillfortunder 1 mi
- Pentre Llifior Methodist ChapelReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Stingwern CottageDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.