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Garth, Nantmel

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1399

Location

Atlas number
WA1399 (1399)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Radnorshire
Parish, community, or townland
Nantmel
National Grid reference
SO 0375 6727
Latitude
52.29507
Longitude
-3.41278
Altitude
402 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.38 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, rubble, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Hollow Way (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
northeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2006)

Identifiers

HER
Clwyd Powys 1155
National record
record SO 06 NW 6; monument 305842
Wikidata
Q31063556

Sources

References

  1. Silvester, R.J. and Hankinson, R. 2006. Defended enclosures in Radnorshire. Project report, CPAT Report 781, Welshpool: CPAT.