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Bwlch-y-Cibau

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1423

Location

Atlas number
WA1423 (1423)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Montgomeryshire
Parish, community, or townland
Meifod
National Grid reference
SJ17651737
Latitude
52.74763
Longitude
-3.22144
Altitude
160 m

Form and condition

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

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1990-1997)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
MG210(POW)
HER
Clwyd Powys 62
National record
record SJ 11 NE; monument 94943
Wikidata
Q31064657

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. 767, 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.