Wenallt Camp, also known as Wenallt Enclosure, is an

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age (Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age (Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly appl ...

enclosure on the southern slope of

Wenallt Hill Wenallt Hill (often called simply The Wenallt) is located in Cardiff, Wales. The name is Welsh and translates to 'white wooded slope'. Although Cardiff residents sometimes call it a mountain, it is too low to be classified as a mountain. It is ...

near

Rhiwbina Rhiwbina ( cy, Rhiwbeina, also ''Rhiwbina'') is a suburb and community in the north of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Formerly a small hamlet within the parish of Whitchurch, Rhiwbina was developed throughout the twentieth century, and is now a ...

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, Wales. The site is sometimes classified as a

hillfort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

. 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 wide and 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.

References

{{reflist, refs {{Cadw , desc = Wenallt Camp, Rhiwbina , num = GM097 , class = SM , uid = 3380 , access-date = 30 September 2021 {{watprn , 1 = GGAT , 2 = 00604s , title = Wenallt Camp , access-date = 30 September 2021 {{Coflein , num = 307793 , desc = Wenallt Enclosure , access-date = 30 September 2021 {{cite web , title = The Wenallt , url = https://www.cardiff.gov.uk/ENG/resident/Leisure-parks-and-culture/Parks-and-Green-Spaces/Find-a-park/Our-parks/Pages/The-Wenallt.aspx , publisher = Cardiff Council , access-date = 16 April 2016 , date=2015 Scheduled monuments in Cardiff