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Gelli-Nedd

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1210

Location

Atlas number
WA1210 (1210)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Brecknockshire
Parish, community, or townland
Ystradfellte
National Grid reference
SN91741399
Latitude
51.81398
Longitude
-3.57192
Altitude
370 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.41 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
east
Land use
heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence and quarry hollows
Investigations
Other (1980); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
BR248(POW)
HER
Clwyd Powys 3265
National record
record SN 91 SW; monument 84605
Wikidata
Q31061719

Sources

References

  1. 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 5, London: HMSO.
  2. Silvester, B. 2007. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Defended enclosures in Brecknock, CPAT Report No 859, Welshpool: CPAT.