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Clawdd Wood

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1345

Location

Atlas number
WA1345 (1345)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Montgomeryshire
Parish, community, or townland
Meifod
National Grid reference
SJ16051086
Latitude
52.68887
Longitude
-3.24348
Altitude
229 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 3
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.23 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1886); Other (1990-1997)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
MG099
HER
Clwyd Powys 84
National record
record SJ 11 SE 11; monument 306768
Wikidata
Q31062839

Sources

References

  1. 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. 211, London: HMSO.
  2. Silvester, R.J. and Britnell, W.J. 1993. Montgomeryshire small enclosures project. Summary Report 1993, CPAT Report No 80, Welshpool, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.