Wenallt Camp | |
Type: | hillfort |
Location: | Cardiff, Wales |
Map Relief: | yes |
Coordinates: | 51.5374°N -3.2237°W |
Gbgridref: | ST 1522 8276 |
Designation1: | Scheduled monument |
Designation1 Offname: | Wenallt Camp |
Designation1 Number: | GM097 |
Wenallt Camp, also known as Wenallt Enclosure, is an Iron Age enclosure on the southern slope of Wenallt Hill near Rhiwbina in Cardiff, Wales. The site is sometimes classified as a hillfort. The camp is a scheduled monument.
The camp is a fairly rectangular oval measuring north to south by protected by a bank and ditch about 12m (39feet) wide and 15cm (06inches) high. There is an entrance to the south-east, and there are traces of an external stone revetment. Near the middle of the enclosure is a levelled terrace about in diameter which may have been the site of a hut. The site would have given views across the Cardiff area and over the Bristol Channel.
The camp lies in an area of semi-natural ancient woodland called The Wenallt, which is a popular site for visitors.