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y Gaer, Bridell

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1909

Location

Atlas number
WA1909 (1909)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Cilgerran
National Grid reference
SN 1719 4253
Latitude
52.05089
Longitude
-4.66757
Altitude
50 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 0
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.55 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1974); Other (2007); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 1175
National record
record SN 14 SE 6; monument 304081
Wikidata
Q31107929

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.