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Ystrad Faelog Hillort
Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA1530
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1530 (1530)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Powys
- Historic county
- Montgomeryshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Caersws
- National Grid reference
- SN98909295
- Latitude
- 52.52499
- Longitude
- -3.49164
- Altitude
- 320 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory 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
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.65 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (North east); Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2007-2008)
Identifiers
- HER
- Clwyd Powys 4884
- National record
- record SN 99 SE 30; monument 400141
- Wikidata
- Q31064993
Sources
References
- Hankinson, R. 2008. Defended enclosures in Montgomeryshire. Project Report. CPAT Report No 918, Welshpool: CPAT.