Drim Camp, Llawhaden

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Other/Unknown)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameDrim Camp, Llawhaden
Alternative NamesDrum Camp
Historic CountryPembrokeshire
Modern AuthorityPembrokeshire
1974 AuthorityDyfed
CommunityLlawhaden

Drim Camp is a descheduled hillfort, 400 yards to the south-east of Drim Castle. The hillfort is a banked and ditched oval enclosure, about 30m north-west to south-east by 25m, having a north-west facing entrance, set on the western end of a east-west ridge summit. Near total excavation produced evidence for later prehistoric and Roman period occupation, centring on a single circular structure; pre-enclosure activity, including cultivation marks, was attested, whilst a cremation deposit was not closely dated: a distinct later, or post-medieval occupation period, involving rectangular structures, is indicated. (Coflein–ref. Williams & Mytum)

Gatehouse Comments

The excavation does not actually exclude medieval occupation but clearly not a high status medieval site and can be rejected.

- Philip Davis

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSN066193
Latitude51.838939666748
Longitude-4.80735015869141
Eastings206680
Northings219330
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Books

  • Hull, Lise, 2005, Castles and Bishops Palaces of Pembrokeshire (Logaston Press) p. 87 (reject)
  • Williams, G., and Mytum, H.C., 1998, Llawhaden, Dyfed (BAR British series no. 275) p. 53-64.
  • Salter, Mike, 1996, The Castles of South West Wales (Malvern) p. 86 (slight)
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 399
  • RCAHMW, 1925, An inventory of the Ancient Monuments of Pembrokeshire (HMSO) p. 138 no. 376 online copy

Journals

  • Crossley, 1963, Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies Vol. 20 p. 202 no. 51