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Roundton
Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1372
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1372 (1372)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Powys
- Historic county
- Montgomeryshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Churchstoke
- National Grid reference
- SO2939094980
- Latitude
- 52.54804
- Longitude
- -3.04276
- Altitude
- 360 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
- 1.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1973); LiDAR Survey (2013); Earthwork Survey (2013); Other (1999-2000); Other (2007-2008)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- MG337(POW)
- HER
- Clwyd Powys 194
- National record
- record SO 29 SE; monument 306409
- Wikidata
- Q31063347
Sources
References
- Britnell, W. J. Martin, C. H. R. and Hankinson, R. 2000. Bro Trefaldwyn Historic Landscape: historic landscape characterization, Unpublished report, Welshpool: CPAT.
- Jones, N. W. and Owen, W. J. 2001. Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust Reserves. Archaeological Baseline Survey. Final Report, Unpublished report, Welshpool: CPAT.
- Hankinson, R. 2008. Defended enclosures in Montgomeryshire. A further study. Project Report. CPAT Report No 918, Welshpool: Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
- Hankinson, R. and Hannaford, H. 2015. Churchstoke, Roundton Hill. Archaeol Wales, 54, 183-35.
- Musson, C. 2012. Montgomeryshire hillforts and enclosures from the air, in Britnell, W.J. and Silvester, R.J. (eds) Reflections on the past. Essays in honour of Frances Lynch. Cambrian Archaeological Association, 351-368.