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Bwlch, Llangelynin
Gwynedd, Wales ยท Atlas WA1784
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1784 (1784)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Historic county
- Merioneth
- Parish, community, or townland
- Llangelynin
- National Grid reference
- SH57000560
- Latitude
- 52.62924
- Longitude
- -4.11432
- Altitude
- 120 m
Form and condition
- Type
- partial contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosed area
- 3 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and ridge
- Aspect
- northeast and level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2005-2006)
Identifiers
- HER
- Gwynedd 5379
- National record
- record SH 50 NE; monument 406332
- Wikidata
- Q31054411
Sources
References
- 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.