Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Porth-y-Rhaw Camp
Solva, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Promontory Fort - coastal
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 23 April 1952
- Community
- Solva
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.87227, -5.21668
- SAM number
- PE273
- Cadw record number
- 2695
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 a defended enclosure, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 43). The enclosure is located on a narrow coastal promontory above the sea that marks part of the defensive circuit. The construction of one or more ramparts placed across the neck of the promontory divide it from the mainland. Porth-y-Rhaw Camp is defended on the landward side by three great triple banks and ditches. The interior of the camp has been largely eroded by the sea.
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, layout, 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
- CroftuftyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Remains of Medieval Farmhouse with Round Chimney at CroftuftyFarmsteadunder 1 mi
- Church of St AidanReligious, Ritual and Funeraryunder 1 mi
- Bank HouseDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.