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Erw Goch Camp
Conwy, Wales ยท Atlas WA1759
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1759 (1759)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Conwy
- Historic county
- Denbighshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Eglwysbach
- National Grid reference
- SH81877325
- Latitude
- 53.24308
- Longitude
- -3.77172
- Altitude
- 200 m
Form and condition
- Type
- level-terrain fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 0.5 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1962); Other (1989); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1964-1965); Other (2004-2005)
Identifiers
- HER
- Gwynedd 2891
- National record
- record SH 87 SW 3
- Wikidata
- Q31119146
Sources
References
- Davies, E. 1929. The Prehistoric and Roman Remains of Denbighshire, Cardiff: William Lewis, 356-7.
- Smith, G. , 2005 , A Survey of Prehistoric Defended Enclosures in North West Wales 2004-2005: West Conwy, Gwynedd (Arfon) and Anglesey, 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.