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Tyle Clydach

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1328

Location

Atlas number
WA1328 (1328)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Brecknockshire
Parish, community, or townland
Talybont-on-Usk
National Grid reference
SO 0974 2175
Latitude
51.88689
Longitude
-3.31284
Altitude
320 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, rubble, and unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope and spur
Aspect
southeast
Land use
commercial forestry

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1980); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
BR253(POW)
HER
Clwyd Powys 3199
National record
record SO 02 SE 10; monument 305734
Wikidata
Q31062660

Sources

References

  1. Silvester, B. 2007. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Defended enclosures in Brecknock, CPAT Report No 859, Welshpool: CPAT.
  2. 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 24, London: HMSO.