Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Caer Du
Disserth and Trecoed, Powys, Wales
A scheduled monument in Disserth and Trecoed, Powys, recorded as Enclosure.
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Unknown
- Community
- Disserth and Trecoed
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.22173, -3.38648
- SAM number
- RD030
- Cadw record number
- 1917
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1608 · (13) Cambriae Typus. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1637 · Particular description of Wales. Cambria seu Wallia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 196 Builth (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 14. (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 or medieval and sits on the brow of a hill, with views downhill on all sides apart from the east. The enclosure is slightly oval, measuring c.50m north-west to south-east by c.45m internally, with a single bank rising c.1.8m above the base of an external ditch. On the west side is a simple out-turned entrance with a gap 5m wide. Other gaps on south-east side are probably modern.
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
- Earthwork 100m N of Caer Du, HoweyEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Milestone on A483No class recordedunder 1 mi
- Howey HallNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Tyn-y-RhosDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.