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y Gaer, Cefn Cloddiau

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1411

Location

Atlas number
WA1411 (1411)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Montgomeryshire
Parish, community, or townland
Trefeglwys
National Grid reference
SN91889027
Latitude
52.49955
Longitude
-3.59420
Altitude
267 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 3, NW 3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.28 ha
Footprint
1.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
east
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1696); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1886-1887)

Identifiers

HER
Clwyd Powys 1447
National record
record SN 99 SW 2; monument 304932
Wikidata
Q31063817

Sources

References

  1. None.