Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Blackwood Enclosure
Berriew, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Berriew, Powys, recorded as Enclosure (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 1 March 1996
- Community
- Berriew
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.58162, -3.24029
- SAM number
- MG239
- Cadw record number
- 1465
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesLlyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales
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 following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient 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. Blackwood Enclosure is an oval, bivallate hilltop enclosure, visible as earthworks and as a parchmark. The inner enclosure is visible for most of its circuit, being incorporated into a fieldbank on the south and visible as a low earthwork on the north. This becomes a substantial bank with 2m external height, 30cm internal on the south west, where woodland has prevented cultivation on the south west. The outer bank is some 1.8m high and there is apparently a third bank here, which, however is not apparent elsewhere. The main outer bank is visible as a low earthwork on the north and west, but is apparent only as a parchwork on east and south. Aerial photographs suggest an impressive internal entrance on the east.
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
- Ty'n-y-Coed FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cefn-DreboethDomesticunder 1 mi
- Camp 230m SE of Waen Heilyn (revealed by aerial photography)Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Pen y ParcDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.