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Castell Llanaber
Gwynedd, Wales ยท Atlas WA1707
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1707 (1707)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Historic county
- Merioneth
- Parish, community, or townland
- Abermaw
- National Grid reference
- SH61521785
- Latitude
- 52.74047
- Longitude
- -4.05274
- Altitude
- 290 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate and partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 1, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches and gang working
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop and hillslope
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Interior surface
- rectangular stone structures and curvilinear platforms
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1995); Other (2005-2006)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- ME127
- HER
- Gwynedd 1139
- National record
- record SH 61 NW 3; monument 57403
- Wikidata
- Q31054135
Sources
References
- RCAHMW 1921. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VI, County of Merioneth, 44, 120, London: HMSO.
- 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.