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Pen Dinas Camp, Llandygai

Gwynedd, Wales · Atlas WA1662

Pen Dinas Camp, Llandygai is a partial contour fort in Llandygai, Gwynedd, Wales.

Other names on the record: Pendinas Hillfort and Pen y Dinas.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall and rubble, and an enclosed area of 0.85 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a spur, at 130 m, and facing east.

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

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 (C14). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (CN120).

Location

Atlas number
WA1662 (1662)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Gwynedd
Historic county
Caernarfonshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llandygai
National Grid reference
SH61006805
Latitude
53.19131
Longitude
-4.08200
Altitude
130 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.85 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall, timber-framed wall, and vitrification
Also recorded
guard chambers
Entrance forms
Recesses/Guard Chambers (West); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
east
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
pits
Finds
lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1939); Other (1969); Excavation (1976); Other (2005); Other (1985-1996); Other (2004-2005)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CN120
HER
Gwynedd 223
National record
record SH 66 NW 18; monument 965348
Wikidata
Q31053513

Sources

References

  1. Caffell, G. 1976. Pendinas Hillfort, Cymdeithas Archaeoleg Llandegai a Llanllechid, 2.
  2. Fasham, P. J. and White, R. B. 1992. Pendinas, Llandygai: A section through the defences, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 39 159-166.
  3. RCAHMW 1956. Caernarvonshire Vol I: East, A survey and inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, No 345, London: HMSO.
  4. Smith, G. 2005. Proposed New Dwelling on Land Adjoining Tal y Cae, Tregarth: Assessment, GAT Report No. 597, Bangor: Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
  5. Smith, G. H. 2005 , A Survey of Prehistoric Defended Enclosures in North West Wales 2004-2005: West Conwy, Gwynedd (Arfon) and Anglesey, Bangor: Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
  6. Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
  7. White, R. B. 1975 Pendinas, Llandegai, Arch in Wales, 15, 29.
  8. White, R. B. 1977. Pendinas, Llandegai, Arch in Wales, 17, 14.