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Coed y Bwnydd Camp

Monmouth, Wales · Atlas WA2438

Coed y Bwnydd Camp is a contour fort in Llanarth, Monmouth, Wales.

Other names on the record: Coed-y-Bwnyff.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial bivallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of wall-walk and berm, and an enclosed area of 1.52 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 180 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual and C14). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (MM075).

Location

Atlas number
WA2438 (2438)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Monmouth
Historic county
Monmouthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanarth
National Grid reference
SO365068
Latitude
51.75623
Longitude
-2.92140
Altitude
180 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial bivallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
4
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 4, SW 3, NW 2
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
1.52 ha
Footprint
6.39 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
wall-walk and berm
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, stone wall, timber-framed wall, berm, and unfinished work
Also recorded
guard chambers and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North east); Recesses/Guard Chambers (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual and C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
roundhouses and rectangular structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1882); Other (1991); Other (2005); Excavation (1969-1971)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
MM075
HER
Glamorgan Gwent 0217g
National record
record SO 30 NE 36; monument 306420
Wikidata
Q31096397

Sources

References

  1. Babbidge, A. 1977. Reconnaissance excavations at Coed Y Bwnydd, Bettws Newydd, 1969-71, Monmouthshire Antiq, 3 (3-4), 159-78.
  2. 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.
  3. Howell, R: 2006. Searching for the Silures. An Iron Age tribe in south-east Wales, Stroud: Tempus.
  4. Savory, H.N. 1950. List of hill-fort and other earthworks in Wales, II. Monmouthshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 13, 234.
  5. Whittle, E. 1992. Guide to ancient and historic Wales - Glamorgan and Gwent, London: HMSO, 44-5.