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Tre'r Ceiri

Gwynedd, Wales · Atlas WA1685

Tre'r Ceiri is a contour fort in Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, Wales.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall and wall-walk, and an enclosed area of 2 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 485 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes heather moorland.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (CN028).

Location

Atlas number
WA1685 (1685)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Gwynedd
Historic county
Caernarfonshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanaelhaearn
National Grid reference
SH37354465
Latitude
52.97444
Longitude
-4.42382
Altitude
485 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
5
Breaks through the ramparts
5
Enclosed area
2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and wall-walk
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North west); Over-lapping (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
heather moorland

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures, rectangular stone structures, curvilinear platforms, and other roundhouse evidence
Interior excavation
roundhouses and rectangular structures
Finds
pottery and metal
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Excavation (1903); Excavation (1906); Excavation (1939); Excavation (1956); Other (1967); Other (2005); Other (1975-1976); Other (1994-2002); Other (2005-2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CN028
HER
Gwynedd 613
National record
record SH 34 SE 2; monument 95292
Wikidata
Q31053857

Sources

References

  1. Baring-Gould, S. and Burnard, R. 1904. An exploration of some of the cytiau in Tre'r Ceiri, Arch Camb, 6th Series, IV (1904), 1-16
  2. Hogg, A.H.A. 1962. Garn Boduan and Tre'r Ceiri, excavations at two Caernarvonshire hill-forts, Arch J, 117, 1-3.
  3. Hughes, H.H. 1907. Report of excavations carried out at Tre'r Ceiri in 1906, Arch Camb, 6th Series, VII (1907), 38-62.
  4. Lynch, F. 1995. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Gwynedd, London: HMSO, 75-6.
  5. RCAHMW 1960. Caernarvonshire Vol II: Central, A survey and inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, No 1056, London: HMSO.
  6. 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.
  7. Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
  8. For more recent excavation and restoration see: Archaeology in Wales 31 (1991), 16; 32 (1992), 57; 33 (1993), 49-50; 34 (1994), 46-7; 38 (1998), 98. Also various conservation reports of conservation project of D. Hopewell/Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.