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Crug Hywel

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1474

Crug Hywel is a partial contour fort in The Vale of Grwyney, Powys, Wales.

Other names on the record: Crucywel.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 0.72 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 451 m, and facing southeast.

Recorded land use includes heather moorland.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (BR128(POW)).

Location

Atlas number
WA1474 (1474)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Brecknockshire
Parish, community, or townland
The Vale of Grwyney
National Grid reference
SO22552065
Latitude
51.87898
Longitude
-3.12657
Altitude
451 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.72 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, rubble, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
southeast
Land use
heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence
Investigations
Other (1883); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); Other (1983); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
BR128(POW)
HER
Clwyd Powys 1057
National record
record SO 22 SW; monument 92128
Wikidata
Q851344

Sources

References

  1. Savory, H.N. 1952. List of Hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales, III, Brecknockshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 14, 71.
  2. Silvester, B. 2007. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Defended enclosures in Brecknock, CPAT Report No 859, Welshpool: CPAT.
  3. RCAHMW 1986. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Brecknock (Brycheiniog). The Prehistoric and Roman monuments, Vol 1, Part 2, Hill-forts and Roman remains, HF 64, London: HMSO.