Darren Camp

Nearest town:
Aberystwyth (10km WSW)
OS reference:
SN67908302
OS sheet:
135
Latitude:
52° 25' 43.45 N
Longitude:
3° 56' 35.29 W
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Image of Darren Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

I’ve seen worse views from hillforts... towards Cwmerfyn.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Image of Darren Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

There are apparently four additional outworks to the west protecting this fine univallate enclosure.

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Image of Darren Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Presumably the main entrance...

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Image of Darren Camp (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Far more impressive than expected – finally enticed here after clicking on a link to Coflein that actually worked.....

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Articles

The perennial question: which came first – hillfort or cairn? Here it might not be as obvious as one might think....

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Miscellaneous

Darren Camp
Hillfort
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GLADMAN Oct 4, 2022

One of the curious things about scanning OS maps for antiquarian stuff is that – like Forrest Gump’s mum’s ‘box of chocolates’ – very often you don’t know what you’re gonna get. Such is the case with Darren Camp, a first-rate prehistoric fortress rising to the south of the hamlet of Pen-bont Rhydybeddau, some distance west of Pumlumon. Appearing somewhat insignificant upon the 1:50k variety, the site never seemed to rise to the top of the ‘list’, so to speak. That is... until a  chance viewing of an aerial image made clear the error of my assumption. Ah, assumptions, don’t you just love ‘em?

Yeah, although univallate, the fort is fabulously sited, with correspondingly top-class views to all points of the compass. Furthermore, although somewhat confused by the presence of a former open cast ‘silver-lead mine’, the western approach is additionally protected by quadruple outworks. Oh, and the summit of the hilltop, within the ramparts, is crowned by at least one Bronze Age cairn.... which the inhabitants clearly saw no need to remove. Or maybe even erected themselves, seeing as a  ‘small cordoned pot sherd’ discovered here during a limited 1996 excavation by the wondrous Mr Toby Driver apparently has ‘Late Bronze Age parallels’? Intriguing,.

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