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Caerau Camp, Ely

Cardiff, Wales · Atlas WA1518

Caerau Camp, Ely is a contour fort in Caerau, Cardiff, Wales.

Other names on the record: Caerau.

It is recorded as extant, with a multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 5.1 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a spur and at 75 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland and pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (GM018CDF).

Location

Atlas number
WA1518 (1518)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Cardiff
Historic county
Glamorgan
Parish, community, or townland
Caerau
National Grid reference
ST13357500
Latitude
51.46726
Longitude
-3.24886
Altitude
75 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
5.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (East); Simple Gap (East); Other Forms (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and pasture
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence
Interior excavation
pits, postholes, roundhouses, and rectangular structures
Finds
pottery, animal bones, lithics, and environmental material
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1880); Other (1965); Other (2005); LiDAR Survey (2011); Geophysical Survey (2011); Other (2012); Excavation (2013-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
GM018CDF
HER
Glamorgan Gwent 00093s
National record
record ST 17 NW; monument 94517
Wikidata
Q31118027

Sources

References

  1. Davis, O. and Sharples, N. 2013 and 2104 interim reports, geophysical report and evaluation report downloadable from: http://caerheritageproject.com/learning/publications/ [accessed June 2015].
  2. Davis, O., Sharples, N. and Wyatt, D. 2013. The Caer Heritage Project: a preliminary note on recent research and community engagement at Caerau hillfort, Cardiff. Archaeol Wales, 53, 119-25.
  3. Davis, O., Sharples, N. and Wyatt, D. 2014. The Caer Heritage Project: Fieldwork at Caerau. Archaeol Wales, 54, 35-42.
  4. Gerrard, C., Wiggins, H., and Evans, E. 2006. Prehistoric defended enclosures in Glamorgan with recommendations for fieldwork: Year 3 Report, GGAT Report No 2006/089, Project No GGAT78, Swansea: GGAT.
  5. RCAHMW 1976. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Glamorgan, 1.2, Pre-Norman, Parts I-III, 673, Cardiff: HMSO.
  6. Savory, H.N. 1949. List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 13, 154.
  7. Whittle, E. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Glamorgan and Gwent, London: HMSO, 33.