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Crocksydam Camp

Pembrokeshire, Wales · Atlas WA1881

Crocksydam Camp is a promontory fort in Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: Crockeydam Camp and Moody Nose.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall, and an enclosed area of 0.45 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a coastal promontory, at 35 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes coastal grassland.

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

A scheduled monument number is recorded (PE319(PEM)).

Location

Atlas number
WA1881 (1881)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Castlemartin
National Grid reference
SR 9359 9432
Latitude
51.60974
Longitude
-4.98252
Altitude
35 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 0, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
4
Enclosed area
0.45 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence
Finds
pottery, metal, and human bones
Investigations
1st Identified Written Reference (1811); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1865); Other (1965); Other (1999); Excavation (1930); Other (1983-2004); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE319(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 603
National record
record SR 99 SW 2; monument 305417
Wikidata
Q31107809

Sources

References

  1. Barker, L. and Driver, T., 2011. Close to the Edge: New Perspectives on the Architecture, Function and Regional Geographies of the Coastal Promontory Forts of the Castlemartin Peninsula, South Pembrokeshire, Wales. Proc Prehist Soc, 77, 65-87.
  2. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 178.
  3. Fenton, R. 1811. A historical tour through Pembrokeshire, London, 412.
  4. Grimes, W.F. 1931. Roman-British pottery from Crocksydam Camp, Warren , Pemb., Bull Board Celtic Stud, 5, 394-5.
  5. Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKeSHIRE,
  6. 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SR89, SR99, SS09 AND SS19, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
  7. RCAMWM 1925. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VII, County of Pembroke, London: HMSO, No. 1160.
  8. Rees, S. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, London: HMSO, 81.