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Gallt-y-Gog

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1223

Location

Atlas number
WA1223 (1223)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Montgomeryshire
Parish, community, or townland
Machynlleth
National Grid reference
SH75190124
Latitude
52.59456
Longitude
-3.84407
Altitude
85 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
commercial forestry

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1990-1997); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

HER
Clwyd Powys 711
National record
record SH 70 SE; monument 303102
Wikidata
Q31061647

Sources

References

  1. Hankinson, R. 2008. Defended enclosures in Montgomeryshire. A further study. Project Report. CPAT Report No 918, Welshpool: Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
  2. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, 1911. An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, I, County of Montgomery, No. 745, London: HMSO.
  3. Silvester, R.J. and Britnell, W.J. 1993. Montgomeryshire small enclosures project. Summary Report 1993, CPAT Report No 80, Welshpool, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.