Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Camp 350m NW of Varchoel Hall (revealed by aerial photography)
Guilsfield, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Guilsfield
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.70549, -3.12580
- SAM number
- MG178
- Cadw record number
- 3006
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 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 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. The crop-marks suggest a rectangular defended farm site of presumed Iron Age/Native Roman date. There are up to 3 concentric lines of ditch visible on the aerial photography, and these appear to be of more than one period. The site lies on a flat ploughed field and nothing is visible on the surface. It is of a type characteristic of native settlements in this part of the Severn Valley.
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
- Malt House FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Canal Bridge on Roadway to the BridgeTransportunder 1 mi
- Canal Bridge on Roadway to Bridge FarmTransportunder 1 mi
- Folly FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.