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Twyn-y-Gaer, Garthbrengy

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1309

Twyn-y-Gaer, Garthbrengy is a contour fort in Honddu Isaf, Powys, Wales.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 0.38 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 370 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture and scrub or bracken.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (BR034).

Location

Atlas number
WA1309 (1309)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Brecknockshire
Parish, community, or townland
Honddu Isaf
National Grid reference
SO05443526
Latitude
52.00773
Longitude
-3.37909
Altitude
370 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.38 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Other (1982); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
BR034
HER
Clwyd Powys 458
National record
record SO 03 NE 1; monument 92028
Wikidata
Q31062283

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, London: HMSO.
  2. Savory, H.N. 1952. List of Hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales, III, Brecknockshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 15, 72.