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Dinas Oleu
Gwynedd, Wales ยท Atlas WA1708
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1708 (1708)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Historic county
- Merioneth
- Parish, community, or townland
- Barmouth
- National Grid reference
- SH61711578
- Latitude
- 52.72192
- Longitude
- -4.04905
- Altitude
- 113 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 0.1 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (North west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1977); Other (1979); Other (2005-2006)
Identifiers
- HER
- Gwynedd 1140
- National record
- record SH 61 NW 16; monument 302781
- Wikidata
- Q31053551
Sources
References
- Plunkett Dillon, E. 1989. Harlech Coast Properties North Wales, NT report, National Trust.
- RCAHMW 1921. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VI, County of Merioneth, 3-4, 7a, 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.