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Penycloddiau

Denbighshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1155

Penycloddiau is a partial contour fort in Llandyrnog, Denbighshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: Pen y Cloddiau.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, counterscarp bank, berm, and unfinished work, and an enclosed area of 21 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 440 m, and facing south.

Recorded land use includes pasture and heather moorland.

Dating evidence is recorded (Morphology/Earthwork/Typology).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (FL009).

Location

Atlas number
WA1155 (1155)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Denbighshire
Historic county
Flintshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llandyrnog
Also recorded in
Flintshire
National Grid reference
SJ128676
Latitude
53.19873
Longitude
-3.30552
Altitude
440 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
4
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 4, SE 1, SW 1, NW 4
Number of ditches
4
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
21 ha
Footprint
23 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, counterscarp bank, berm, and unfinished work
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
guard chambers and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (South); Recesses/Guard Chambers (South); In-turned (East); Hornwork (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
south
Land use
pasture and heather moorland
Water source
spring and pool

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms and quarry hollows
Interior excavation
roundhouses
Investigations
Other (1849); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1871); Other (1977); Other (2003); Other (2006); Excavation (2009); Other (2012); Other (2006-2011); Excavation (2012-None); Geophysical Survey (2006-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
FL009
HER
Clwyd Powys 102273
National record
record SJ 16 NW; monument 306898
Wikidata
Q31118693

Sources

References

  1. Brown, I. 2004. Discovering a Welsh landscape. Archaeology in the Clwydian Range, Bollington: Windgather Press.
  2. Brown, I. 2009. Beacons in the landscape. The hillforts of England and Wales, Oxford: Windgather Press/Oxbow Books.
  3. Burnham, H. 1995. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Clwyd and Powys, London: HMSO, 58-9.
  4. Davies, Canon Ellis 1949. Prehistoric and Roman remains of Flintshire, Cardiff: William Lewis.
  5. Driver,T. 2011. The Hillforts, In ed Mrowiec, H., Heather and Hillforts of the Clwydian Range and Llantysilio Mountains, Ruthin: Heather and Hillforts Partnership Board, Denbighshire County Council.
  6. Grant, I. Jones, N.W. and Caseldine, A.E. 2011. Penycloddiau cairn, Flintshire: Archaeological excavations 2008-9. Archaeol Wales, 51, 45-9.
  7. Hubbard, E. 1986. The buildings of Wales. Clwyd (Denbighshire and Flintshire), London: Penguin Books.
  8. Lewis, S. 1849. Topographical Dictionary of Wales, London: S. Lewis.
  9. Mason, R.G.S. and Pope, R.E . 2015. Excavations at Penycloddiau Hillfort Flintshire, North Wales: Interim Report. University of Liverpool internal report.