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Garn Boduan

Gwynedd, Wales · Atlas WA1681

Garn Boduan is a contour fort in Buan, Gwynedd, Wales.

It is recorded as extant, with a bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall and wall-walk, and an enclosed area of 11.2 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 260 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture and heather moorland.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400 (Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (CN009).

Location

Atlas number
WA1681 (1681)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Gwynedd
Historic county
Caernarfonshire
Parish, community, or townland
Buan
National Grid reference
SH31003930
Latitude
52.92443
Longitude
-4.51551
Altitude
260 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
4
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
11.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and wall-walk
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
annex and multi-period enclosure system
Entrance forms
Blocked (North east); Simple Gap (South); Oblique (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures, rectangular stone structures, and curvilinear platforms
Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Excavation (1954); Other (1967); Other (2005); Other (1951-1954); Other (1971-1975); Other (2005-2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CN009
HER
Gwynedd 446
National record
record SH 33 NW 1; monument 95271
Wikidata
Q31053810

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. 1962. Garn Boduan and Tre'r Ceiri, excavations at two Caernarvonshire hill-forts, Arch J, 117, 1-39. A
  2. Lynch, F. 1995. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Gwynedd, London: HMSO, 77-8.
  3. RCAHMW 1964. Caernarvonshire Vol III: West, A survey and inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, No 1524, London: HMSO.
  4. Smith, G.H. 2006. A survey of prehistoric defended enclosures in north-west Wales 2005-2006: Gwynedd Dwyfor and Meirionnydd. Report No 634. Part I: Survey Report. Bangor: Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
  5. Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.