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Rhiwderin Camp

Newport, Wales ยท Atlas WA1505

Rhiwderin Camp is a contour fort in Graig, Newport, Wales.

It is recorded as both extant and likely destroyed, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 0.38 hectares.

Survival on the ground may be uneven.

The topographic record places it on a knoll or outcrop and at 60 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (MM066).

Location

Atlas number
WA1505 (1505)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Newport
Historic county
Monmouthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Graig
National Grid reference
ST26408773
Latitude
51.58356
Longitude
-3.06368
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

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

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1883); Other (2005)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
MM066
HER
Glamorgan Gwent 00039g
National record
record ST 28 NE 1; monument 94880
Wikidata
Q31055727

Sources

References

  1. Savory, H.N. 1950. List of Hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales. II Monmouthshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 13, 235.