Home / Wales / Powys / Pen-y-Coed

Pen-y-Coed

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1187

Location

Atlas number
WA1187 (1187)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Montgomeryshire
Parish, community, or townland
Castle Caereinion
National Grid reference
SJ1392606983
Latitude
52.65369
Longitude
-3.27388
Altitude
205 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant and Cropmark
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
0.86 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
northeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1990-1997)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
MG233(POW)
HER
Clwyd Powys 4426
National record
record SJ 10 NW; monument 54432
Wikidata
Q31061594

Sources

References

  1. Silvester, R.J. and Britnell, W.J. 1993. Montgomeryshire small enclosures project. Summary Report 1993, CPAT Report No 80, Welshpool, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.