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Castell Dinas, Talgarth
Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1280
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1280 (1280)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Powys
- Historic county
- Brecknockshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Talgarth
- National Grid reference
- SO17913009
- Latitude
- 51.96317
- Longitude
- -3.19622
- Altitude
- 450 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 1.36 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (North); Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture and built-up land
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Written Reference (1337); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1983); Other (1501-1600); Other (2006-2007)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- BR015(POW)
- HER
- Clwyd Powys 50422
- National record
- record SO 13 SE; monument 92015
- Wikidata
- Q31062040
Sources
References
- Cathcart King, D.J. 1961, The castles of Breconshire, Brycheiniog, 7, 71-94.
- Kay, R.E. 1964. Castell Dinas, Parish of Talgarth, Brecknockshire, Brycheiniog, 10, 15-27.
- 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 50, London: HMSO.
- Savory, H.N. 1952. List of Hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales, III, Brecknockshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 14, 71.
- Silvester, B. 2007. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Defended enclosures in Brecknock, CPAT Report No 859, Welshpool: CPAT.
- Walker, R.F. 1999. Bwlchddinas Castle, Breconshire and the survey of 1337, Brycheiniog, 31, 1998-99, 19-30.