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Ty'N-y-Waun Camp

Bridgend, Wales ยท Atlas WA1621

Location

Atlas number
WA1621 (1621)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Bridgend
Historic county
Glamorgan
Parish, community, or townland
Coychurch Higher
National Grid reference
SS94858527
Latitude
51.55644
Longitude
-3.51816
Altitude
180 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
southeast
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1965); Other (2005)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
GM356
HER
Glamorgan Gwent 00341m
National record
record SS 98 NW 1; monument 5170
Wikidata
Q31118821

Sources

References

  1. Gerrard, C., Wiggins, H., and Evans, E. 2006. Prehistoric defended enclosures in Glamorgan with recommendations for fieldwork: Year 3 Report, GGAT Report No 2006/089, Project No GGAT78, Swansea: GGAT.
  2. RCAHMW 1976. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Glamorgan, 1.2, Pre-Norman, Parts I-III, 634, Cardiff: HMSO.