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Llandegley Rocks (East Enclosure)

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1380

Location

Atlas number
WA1380 (1380)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Radnorshire
Parish, community, or townland
Penybont
National Grid reference
SO 1349 6186
Latitude
52.24806
Longitude
-3.26861
Altitude
381 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
1.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1952); Other (2006)

Identifiers

HER
Clwyd Powys 277
National record
record SO 16 SW 2; monument 306144
Wikidata
Q31063172

Sources

References

  1. Savory, H.N. 1952: List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales, IV, Radnorshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 16, 77.
  2. Silvester, R.J. and Hankinson, R. 2006. Defended enclosures in Radnorshire. Project report, CPAT Report 781, Welshpool: CPAT.