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Coed Pentwyn
Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1211
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1211 (1211)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Powys
- Historic county
- Brecknockshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Llangattock
- National Grid reference
- SO19351622
- Latitude
- 51.83870
- Longitude
- -3.17202
- Altitude
- 300 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.29 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, rubble, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (North east); Passage-way/Corridor (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge
- Aspect
- southeast
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1977); Other (2006-2007)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- BR190(POW)
- HER
- Clwyd Powys 3342
- National record
- record SO 11 NE 6; monument 305975
- Wikidata
- Q31061733
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 39, London: HMSO.
- Silvester, B. 2007. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Defended enclosures in Brecknock, CPAT Report No 859, Welshpool: CPAT.