This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help.
We don't have any photos of this monument yet. Why don't you be the first to send us one?
If Google Street View is available, the image is from the best available vantage point looking, if possible, towards the location of the monument. Where it is not available, the satellite view is shown instead.
Latitude: 52.2217 / 52°13'18"N
Longitude: -3.3865 / 3°23'11"W
OS Eastings: 305384
OS Northings: 259074
OS Grid: SO053590
Mapcode National: GBR YP.22ML
Mapcode Global: VH69M.8F25
Entry Name: Caer Du
Scheduled Date:
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 1917
Cadw Legacy ID: RD030
Schedule Class: Monument
Category: Enclosure
Period: Unknown
County: Powys
Community: Disserth and Trecoed (Dyserth a Thre-coed)
Traditional County: Radnorshire
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.
Source: Cadw
Other nearby scheduled monuments