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Craig y Castell I, Brithdir

Gwynedd, Wales ยท Atlas WA1695

Location

Atlas number
WA1695 (1695)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Gwynedd
Historic county
Merioneth
Parish, community, or townland
Arthog
National Grid reference
SH69401578
Latitude
52.72383
Longitude
-3.93526
Altitude
270 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosed area
0.15 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Passage-way/Corridor (South); Oblique (South); Blocked (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence
Investigations
Other (1985); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1888-1889); Other (1963-1973); Other (1989-1994); Other (2005-2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
ME008
HER
Gwynedd 810
National record
record SH 61 NE 1; monument 302966
Wikidata
Q31053915

Sources

References

  1. Bowen E.G. and Gresham, C.A. 1967. History of Merioneth ,1, Dolgellau, 160-61.
  2. RCAHMW 1921. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VI, County of Merioneth, 9, 21, London: HMSO.
  3. 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.
  4. Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.