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Castell Gwyn, Llandissilio
Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1885
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1885 (1885)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Historic county
- Pembrokeshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Llandissilio West
- National Grid reference
- SN 1100 2175
- Latitude
- 51.86220
- Longitude
- -4.74630
- Altitude
- 91 m
Form and condition
- Type
- multiple enclosure
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate and partial multivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 3
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 2, SE 3, SW 3, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 3
- Possible original entrances
- 2
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 2
- Enclosed area
- 0.94 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and counterscarp bank
- Also recorded
- multi-period enclosure system and ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- southwest
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1975); Other (1981-1986); Other (1991-2002); Other (2006-2007)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- PE225(PEM)
- HER
- Dyfed 920
- National record
- record SN 12 SW; monument 304294
- Wikidata
- Q31107840
Sources
References
- Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 190.
- Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKeSHIRE,
- 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN10, SN11 AND SN12. Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
- RCAMWM 1925. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VII, County of Pembroke, London: HMSO, No. 446.