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Foel Drygarn

Pembrokeshire, Wales · Atlas WA1895

Foel Drygarn is a contour fort in Crymych, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: Moel Drygarn, Moel Trigarn, Foel Trigarn, Foel Drycarn, and Foeltrigarn.

It is recorded as extant, with a bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble, and an enclosed area of 2.16 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and a ridge and at 343 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture and heather moorland.

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 (PE010(PEM)).

Location

Atlas number
WA1895 (1895)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Crymych
National Grid reference
SN 1577 3360
Latitude
51.97022
Longitude
-4.68345
Altitude
343 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Enclosed area
2.16 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and heather moorland

Dating

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

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures and curvilinear platforms
Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Excavation (1899); Other (1969); Other (1973); Other (1974); Other (1981); Other (1988); Other (2006); Other (2007); Other (2011); Other (1991-2002); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE010(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 1010
National record
record SN 13 SE; monument 90948
Wikidata
Q31107956

Sources

References

  1. Baring Gould, S., Burnard, R. and Anderson, I.K. 1900. Exploration of Moel Trigarn, Arch Camb, 54, 189-211.
  2. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 189.
  3. Driver. T. 2007. Pembrokeshire: historic landscapes from the air, Aberystwyth: RCAHMW.
  4. Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKeSHIRE,
  5. 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.
  6. RCAMWM 1925. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VII, County of Pembroke, London: HMSO, No. 1088.
  7. Rees, S. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, London: HMSO, 59-60.