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Cwm Gloyn Ii (West Enclosure)

Pembrokeshire, Wales · Atlas WA1890

Location

Atlas number
WA1890 (1890)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Nevern
National Grid reference
SN 1031 3968
Latitude
52.02299
Longitude
-4.76620
Altitude
107 m

Form and condition

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

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
southwest
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50 and AD 50–400
Dating evidence
Artefactual and C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
postholes and roundhouses
Finds
pottery
Investigations
Other (1974); Excavation (1986); Other (2003); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE306(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 964
National record
record SN 13 NW 7; monument 402703
Wikidata
Q31107880

Sources

References

  1. Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKeSHIRE,
  2. 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN03, SN13 AND SN23. Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
  3. Mytum, H. and Webster, C.J. 2001. Cwm Gloyne II, Stud Celtica, 35, 98-108.