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Posty Draw, Bletherston

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1917

Location

Atlas number
WA1917 (1917)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
New Moat
National Grid reference
SN 0743 2324
Latitude
51.87436
Longitude
-4.79891
Altitude
99 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
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.23 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
southwest
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1965); Other (2006); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE559(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 14
National record
record SN 02 SE 7; monument 304483
Wikidata
Q31108027

Sources

References

  1. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 181.
  2. Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKeSHIRE,
  3. 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN02, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
  4. RCAMWM 1925. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VII, County of Pembroke, London: HMSO, No. 41.