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Bryn Castell, Uwch Mynydd
Gwynedd, Wales ยท Atlas WA1706
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1706 (1706)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Historic county
- Merioneth
- Parish, community, or townland
- Llanelltyd
- National Grid reference
- SH65072042
- Latitude
- 52.76446
- Longitude
- -4.00124
- Altitude
- 300 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
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.15 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall and rubble
- Entrance forms
- Oblique (East)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- spur
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1888-1889); Other (2005-2006)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- ME138
- HER
- Gwynedd 1119
- National record
- record SH 62 SE 1; monument 302891
- Wikidata
- Q31054099
Sources
References
- Bowen E.G. and Gresham, C.A. 1967. History of Merioneth, 1, Dolgellau, 161-62.
- 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.
- Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.