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Castell Pen-yr-Allt, Llantood

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1905

Location

Atlas number
WA1905 (1905)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Cilgerran
National Grid reference
SN15784203
Latitude
52.04594
Longitude
-4.68784
Altitude
130 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
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, rubble, and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1967); Other (1969); Other (1974); Other (1981); Other (1996); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE169(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 1170
National record
record SN 14 SE; monument 304075
Wikidata
Q31107996

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 SN04 and SN14, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.