Pentre Camp

Pentre Camp

View from the fort, looking north-east
Shown within Powys
Location	Near Llangynyw, Wales
Coordinates	52°40′36″N 3°18′24″W
OS grid reference	SJ 117 096
Type	Hillfort
Length	74 metres (243 ft)
Width	48 metres (157 ft)
Area	0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
History
Periods	Iron Age

Pentre Camp is an Iron Age hillfort, near the hamlet of Llangynyw and about 2.5 miles (4 km) north-east of Llanfair Caereinion, in Powys, Wales. It is a scheduled monument.[1]

Description

The fort is an oval, about 74 metres (243 ft) by 48 metres (157 ft), enclosing an area of 0.8 acres (0.32 ha). There are several concentric ramparts: three in the north and west and five elsewhere. There are traces of further ramparts in the south and west.[1]

In the east the third and fourth ramparts are linked to form an entrance passage. All the banks are low, and may have originally been low, as foundations for timber defences.[1]

There is a spring (still issuing water) a short distance away, at the base of the northern slope of the fort; this was probably of practical importance in the fort's location.[1]

There is speculation that the field boundary wall crossing the northern rampart may be part of the original revetment.[1]

See also

• Hillforts in Britain
• List of Scheduled prehistoric Monuments in Powys (Montgomeryshire)

References

1. "Pentre Camp; Pen-y-Castell Enclosure; Pen-y-Gorddin Enclosure (306750)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 19 April 2020.