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Parciau

Isle of Anglesey, Wales · Atlas WA1744

Parciau is a promontory fort in Llaneugrad, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.

Other names on the record: Bryn Diol.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall, and an enclosed area of 0.77 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on an inland promontory and a ridge, at 99 m, and facing southeast.

Recorded land use includes woodland and pasture.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (AN041).

Location

Atlas number
WA1744 (1744)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Isle of Anglesey
Historic county
Anglesey
Parish, community, or townland
Llaneugrad
National Grid reference
SH49458467
Latitude
53.33744
Longitude
-4.26260
Altitude
99 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 3, NW 0
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Enclosed area
0.77 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and ridge
Aspect
southeast
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Finds
pottery, metalworking, animal bones, and environmental material
Investigations
Excavation (1867); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Excavation (1923); Other (1970); Other (2004-2005)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
AN041
HER
Gwynedd 2203
National record
record SH 48 SE 1; monument 95548
Wikidata
Q31068157

Sources

References

  1. Davidson, J. 2011. Parciau Home Farm, Marianglas, Ynys Mon, GAT Report 964, Bangor: Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
  2. Lynch, F. 1991. Prehistoric Anglesey, Llangefni: Anglesey Antiquarian Society, 273-76.
  3. Neil Baynes, E. 1930. Notes on Excavations at Bryn Ddiol, Parciau, Arch Camb, 85 (1930), 409-10.
  4. Prichard, H. 1867 Early Remains at Llaneugrad, Anglesey, Arch Camb, 3rd. Series, 8 (1867), 108-115.
  5. RCAHMW 1937 (reprinted 1960). Anglesey. A survey and inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, 63, 3, London: HMSO.
  6. Smith, G.H. 2005 , A Survey of Prehistoric Defended Enclosures in North West Wales 2004-2005: West Conwy, Gwynedd (Arfon) and Anglesey, Bangor: Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
  7. Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.