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Craig-Yr-Aderyn

Gwynedd, Wales · Atlas WA1761

Craig-Yr-Aderyn is a contour fort in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd, Wales.

Other names on the record: Craig y Deryn and Birds Rock.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall, and an enclosed area of 1.6 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and a knoll or outcrop, at 232 m, and facing east.

Recorded land use includes 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 (ME075).

Location

Atlas number
WA1761 (1761)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Gwynedd
Historic county
Merioneth
Parish, community, or townland
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
National Grid reference
SH64400680
Latitude
52.64192
Longitude
-4.00555
Altitude
232 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 3, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
1.6 ha
Enclosure areas
0.6 ha, 1.6 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (East); Passage-way/Corridor (East); In-turned (South east); Passage-way/Corridor (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and knoll or outcrop
Aspect
east
Land use
scrub or bracken

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
rectangular structures
Finds
pottery and metal
Investigations
Other (1972); Other (1988-2004); Other (2005-2006); Other (1874)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
ME075
HER
Gwynedd 2963
National record
record SH 60 NW 1; monument 302862
Wikidata
Q31054786

Sources

References

  1. Bowen E.G. and Gresham, C.A. 1967. History of Merioneth, 1, Dolgellau, 142-144, 262.
  2. RCAHMW 1921. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VI, County of Merioneth, 112, 348, London: HMSO.
  3. 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.
  4. Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.