Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caer Penbicas
Trecwn, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Trecwn
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.95494, -4.97153
- SAM number
- PE139
- Cadw record number
- 706
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 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. Caer Penbicas is a single rampart backed onto a steep slope to a river. The entrance is at the south-west end of the bank and there are the doubtful walls of a ditch at the north-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
- Castell Pant-y-PhillipEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Waun-Castell CampPromontory Fort - inlandunder 1 mi
- Church of St JustinianReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Llanstinian Bridge (partly in Trecwn)Transportunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.