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Rhyd Uchaf Ii
Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1209
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1209 (1209)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Powys
- Historic county
- Brecknockshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Glyn Tarell
- National Grid reference
- SN9874017760
- Latitude
- 51.84918
- Longitude
- -3.47152
- Altitude
- 440 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 0, SW 3, NW 0
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.01 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory and spur
- Aspect
- east
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1978); Other (2006-2007)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- BR241(POW)
- HER
- Clwyd Powys 3248
- National record
- record SN 91 NE; monument 84573
- Wikidata
- Q31061700
Sources
References
- RCAHMW 1986. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Brecknock (Brycheiniog). The Prehistoric and Roman monuments, Vol 1, Part 2, Hill-forts and Roman remains, HF 6, London: HMSO.
- Silvester, B. 2007. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Defended enclosures in Brecknock, CPAT Report No 859, Welshpool: CPAT.