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Tyganol Fort, Nevern

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1921

Location

Atlas number
WA1921 (1921)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Nevern
National Grid reference
SN 0910 3676
Latitude
51.99635
Longitude
-4.78219
Altitude
170 m

Form and condition

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

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
northeast
Land use
woodland and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1966); Other (1997); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE481(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 1491
National record
record SN 03 NE 18; monument 304326
Wikidata
Q31108060

Sources

References

  1. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 204.
  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 SN03, SN13 and SN23, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.