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Ffridd Faldwyn

Powys, Wales · Atlas WA1438

Ffridd Faldwyn is a contour fort in Montgomery, Powys, Wales.

It is recorded as extant, with a multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 5.2 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 240 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400. Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (MG015(POW)).

Location

Atlas number
WA1438 (1438)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Montgomeryshire
Parish, community, or townland
Montgomery
National Grid reference
SO 216 969
Latitude
52.56465
Longitude
-3.15685
Altitude
240 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
3
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
4
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
5.2 ha
Enclosure areas
1.2 ha, 5.2 ha
Footprint
12.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank, timber-framed wall, timber-laced wall, and palisade
Also recorded
annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
Barbican (North); Simple Gap (South); Barbican (South west); Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Interior excavation
postholes, roundhouses, and rectangular structures
Finds
human bones
Investigations
Other (1886); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1886); Other (2009); 1st Identified Written Reference (1665-1693); Excavation (1937-1939); Other (1990-1997); Other (1999-2000)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
MG015(POW)
HER
Clwyd Powys 7503
National record
record SO 29 NW 11; monument 92480
Wikidata
Q31064820

Sources

References

  1. Britnell, W. J., Martin, C. H .R. and Hankinson, R. 2000. Bro Trefaldwyn Historic Landscape: historic landscape characterization, Unpublished Report, Welshpool: CPAT.
  2. Burnham, H. 1995. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Clwyd and Powys, London: HMSO, 68-9.
  3. 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.
  4. O'Neil, B. H. St. J. 1942. Excavations at Ffridd Falwyn Camp, Montgomery 1937-30 , Arch Camb, 97, 1-57.
  5. 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, London: HMSO.
  6. Silvester, R.J. and Britnell, W.J. 1993. Montgomeryshire small enclosures project. Summary Report 1993, CPAT Report No 80, Welshpool, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
  7. Spurgeon, C.J. 1972. Enclosures of Iron Age type in the Upper Severn Basin, In Lynch, F. and Burgess, C. (eds.) 1972, Prehistoric man in Wales and the West, 327, 3, Bath: Adams and Dart.