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Bwrdd Arthur, Llanddona

Isle of Anglesey, Wales · Atlas WA1756

Bwrdd Arthur, Llanddona is a contour fort in Llandonna, Isle of Anglesey, Wales.

Other names on the record: Dinas Sylwy and Din Silwy.

It is recorded as both extant and likely destroyed, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall and rubble, and an enclosed area of 6.8 hectares.

Survival on the ground may be uneven.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 164 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture and scrub or bracken.

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 (AN024).

Location

Atlas number
WA1756 (1756)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Isle of Anglesey
Historic county
Anglesey
Parish, community, or townland
Llandonna
National Grid reference
SH58638146
Latitude
53.31114
Longitude
-4.12340
Altitude
164 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
6.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South); Simple Gap (West); Blocked (North west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence
Finds
pottery and metal
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (2005); Other (1967-1970); Other (1986-1992); 1st Identified Written Reference (None-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
AN024
HER
Gwynedd 2595
National record
record SH 58 SE 2; monument 93842
Wikidata
Q31068251

Sources

References

  1. Kelly, R. S. 1990. Prehistory. Anglesey. Bwrdd Arthur, Arch in Wales, 30, 41.
  2. Lynch, F. 1991. Prehistoric Anglesey, Llangefni: Anglesey Antiquarian Society, 260-62.
  3. RCAHMW 1937 (reprinted 1960). Anglesey. A survey and inventory by the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, 83, 2, London: HMSO.
  4. 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.
  5. Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.