Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Camp 650m South of Ty Freeman
Gwehelog Fawr, Monmouthshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Gwehelog Fawr
- Unitary authority
- Monmouthshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.71766, -2.87431
- SAM number
- MM178
- Cadw record number
- 2404
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 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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 enclosure. The date or precise nature of the enclosure is unknown, but it is likely to be later prehistoric. The site comprises a univallate oval enclosure surrounded by a bank 10m wide and around 0.3m high. The site has been spread by ploughing and is visible only as a slight scarp on the W side.
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
- Barn and granary at Ty-FreemanAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Ty-Freeman FarmhouseDomesticunder 1 mi
- Coachyard at Cefn Tilla CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cefn Tilla CourtDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.