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Caer Caradog
Conwy, Wales ยท Atlas WA1174
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1174 (1174)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Conwy
- Historic county
- Denbighshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr
- National Grid reference
- SH96824792
- Latitude
- 53.01858
- Longitude
- -3.53962
- Altitude
- 370 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 1.7 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Enclosing works, excavated
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1875); Excavation (1963-1964)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- DE011
- HER
- Clwyd Powys 100690
- National record
- record SH 94 NE; monument 303453
- Wikidata
- Q31119185
Sources
References
- Davies, Canon Ellis 1929. The prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire, Cardiff: William Lewis, 234.
- Houlder, C. 1973. Wales: an archaeological guide, the prehistoric, Roman and early medieval field monuments,London and Boston: Faber, 86.
- Livens, R.G. and Smith, J.A. 1991. Excavations at Caer Caradog, Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr, Clwyd, 1963-4, Arch Camb, 140, 77-101