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Pen-y-Dinas, Tal-y-Bont

Gwynedd, Wales · Atlas WA1699

Pen-y-Dinas, Tal-y-Bont is a partial contour fort in Llanelltyd, Gwynedd, Wales.

Other names on the record: Castell Dinas Cortin, Castell Dinas Gortyn, and Pen y Ddinas Camp.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble, and an enclosed area of 0.24 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a spur, at 220 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes pasture.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (ME076).

Location

Atlas number
WA1699 (1699)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Gwynedd
Historic county
Merioneth
Parish, community, or townland
Llanelltyd
National Grid reference
SH60632086
Latitude
52.76728
Longitude
-4.06719
Altitude
220 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosed area
0.24 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (West); Passage-way/Corridor (West); Hollow Way (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
southwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery and metal
Investigations
Excavation (1919); Other (1985); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Other (2005-2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
ME076
HER
Gwynedd 1106
National record
record SH 62 SW 12; monument 55990
Wikidata
Q31054047

Sources

References

  1. Bowen, E.G. and Gresham, C.A. 1967. History of Merioneth 1, Dolgellau, 150-51.
  2. Crawford, O.G.S 1920. Pen-y-Dinas, Arch Camb, 20 (1920), Part I and II, 116-25;
  3. Savory, H.N. 1976. Guide Catalogue to the Early Iron Age Collections, National Museum of Wales, 69 No. 85, Cardidd: National Museum of Wales.
  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.