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Bryn-y-Gaer, Broughton
Wrexham, Wales ยท Atlas WA1166
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1166 (1166)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Historic county
- Denbighshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Broughton
- National Grid reference
- SJ 3054 5328
- Latitude
- 53.07220
- Longitude
- -3.03821
- Altitude
- 180 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant and Likely destroyed
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 6.9 ha
- Enclosing works, excavated
- stone wall and berm
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1962); Excavation (1973); Other (2007-2008)
Identifiers
- HER
- Clwyd Powys 100385
- National record
- record SJ 35 SW; monument 155646
- Wikidata
- Q31119252
Sources
References
- Davies, Canon Ellis 1929. Prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire, Cardiff: William Lewis, 54.
- Grant, I. and Jones, N.W. 2008. Defended enclosures in North-east Wales, 2007-08, Project Report, CPAT Report No 921, Welshpool: CPAT.
- Guilbert, C.C. 1974. A section of the earthwork at Bryn y Gaer, Broughton, Trans Denbighshire Hist Soc, 23, 65-9.