Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Bucket Camp
Trecwn, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 7 February 1951
- Community
- Trecwn
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.94006, -4.98411
- SAM number
- PE231
- Cadw record number
- 468
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. Bucket Camp is circular and defended by a single bank rising 10ft above exterior and 3ft above interior level. The entrance is on the west side and is defended by 2 banks at right angles to the main defences.
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.
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- Pen-Dre Round BarrowRound Barrowunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.