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Cerrig Gwynion
Wrexham, Wales ยท Atlas WA1185
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1185 (1185)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Wrexham
- Historic county
- Denbighshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Ceiriog Ucha
- National Grid reference
- SJ15193404
- Latitude
- 52.89707
- Longitude
- -3.26221
- Altitude
- 482 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
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 2.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- curvilinear platforms
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1875)
Identifiers
- HER
- Clwyd Powys 100984
- National record
- record SJ 13 SE 1; monument 306806
- Wikidata
- Q31119254
Sources
References
- Davies, Canon Ellis 1929. The prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire, Cardiff: William Lewis, 159.