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Cae Camp

Monmouth, Wales ยท Atlas WA1645

Location

Atlas number
WA1645 (1645)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Monmouth
Historic county
Monmouthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanhennock
National Grid reference
ST35909385
Latitude
51.63974
Longitude
-2.92771
Altitude
110 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.55 ha
Footprint
1.59 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, counterscarp bank, and berm
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1882)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
MM079
HER
Glamorgan Gwent 00387g
National record
record ST 39 SE 13; monument 307883
Wikidata
Q31096262

Sources

References

  1. Savory, H.N. 1950. List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales, Monmouthshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 13, 4b.