Candwr Camp Enclosure View all content for Candwr Camp

Visited 24.8.12 Directions: Next to the minor road north out of Ponthir – near Caerleon. The road is narrow and despite the hedgerows being high the site can just about be seen from the road. Access to the site can be made via a field gate near the farm drive. There is not a lot to see although the field has clearly been levelled off and this can best be seen on the eastern side. This site does not strike me as being a Hillfort – more of an enclosure of some sort. But there again, what do I know? Not much to recommend a visit I’m afraid. COFLEIN states: ‘A defended low hillock defined by traces of internal scarping on the N, berming on the N,S and E, and counterscarping on the S and W. The enclosed area measures about 100m (N-S) by 75m. The scarp edge which defines the interior rises to a max of 4m above the surrounding slope. The N end berm has been turned over by grazing horses’.

Posted by CARL 28th August 2012ce

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