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y Gaer, Pen-Pont

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1322

Location

Atlas number
WA1322 (1322)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Brecknockshire
Parish, community, or townland
Trallwng
National Grid reference
SN99002805
Latitude
51.94172
Longitude
-3.47076
Altitude
367 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
0.68 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, rubble, and unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
quarry hollows
Investigations
Other (1978); Other (1982); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1888-1889); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

HER
Clwyd Powys 583
National record
record SN 92 NE 5; monument 305069
Wikidata
Q31062159

Sources

References

  1. Savory, H.N. 1952. List of Hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales, III, Brecknockshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 14, 72.
  2. Silvester, B. 2007. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Defended enclosures in Brecknock, CPAT Report No 859, Welshpool: CPAT.
  3. 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 10, London: HMSO.