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Pen y Corddyn Mawr

Conwy, Wales ยท Atlas WA1167

Pen y Corddyn Mawr is a partial contour fort in Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-foel, Conwy, Wales.

Other names on the record: Pen y Gorddyn, Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr, Abergele, and Pen-y-Corddyn Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall, and an enclosed area of 15.3 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 170 m, and facing south and northwest.

Recorded land use includes pasture and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded (Artefactual).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (DE008).

Location

Atlas number
WA1167 (1167)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Conwy
Historic county
Denbighshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanddulas and Rhyd-y-foel
National Grid reference
SH91547637
Latitude
53.27318
Longitude
-3.62794
Altitude
170 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
5
Breaks through the ramparts
5
Enclosed area
15.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
guard chambers, annex, and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North east); Hollow Way (North east); Recesses/Guard Chambers (North east); Simple Gap (South); In-turned (North west); Hollow Way (North west); Simple Gap (North west); Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
south and northwest
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Interior excavation
postholes
Finds
pottery and metal
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1875); Excavation (1905)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
DE008
HER
Clwyd Powys 100491
National record
record SH 97 NW 12; monument 303515
Wikidata
Q31119156

Sources

References

  1. Brown, I. 2009. Beacons in the landscape. The hillforts of England and Wales, Oxford: Windgather Press/Oxbow Books.
  2. Burnham, H. 1995. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Clwyd and Powys, London: HMSO, 193.
  3. Gale, F. 1991. The Iron Age, in eds Manley, J., Grenter, S. and Gale, F., The archaeology of Clwyd, Mold: Clwyd Archaeology Service, Clwyd County Council.
  4. Gardner, W. 1910. Pen y corddyn, near Abergele, Arch Camb, 10, 79-156.
  5. Sanderson, I. 1992. Exciting find helps throw light on 'Dark Ages', Clwyd Archaeology News, Winter 1992/3, 2.