Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
West Ford Camp
Wolfscastle, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 9 July 1951
- Community
- Wolfscastle
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.89108, -4.98423
- SAM number
- PE257
- Cadw record number
- 2048
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 defended enclosure. The date or precise nature of the enclosure is unknown, but it is likely to be later prehistoric or medieval. West Ford Camp is a small circular area defined by an earthwork bank, ditch and counterscarp bank. The bank rises up to 1m above the interior and 2m above the ditch. The counterscarp bank is just 0.2m high. The whole measuring approximately 9m wide. There is a slightly in-turned entrance on the southeast side. The interior is approximately 45m in diameter and contains low earthworks that may represent one or more hut circles.
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
- Nant y Coy Bridge Defended EnclosureEnclosure - Defensiveunder 1 mi
- Ford CampEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Nantycoy MillCommercialunder 1 mi
- Great Treffgarne Rocks CampHillfortunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.