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Carn Ingli

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1923

Location

Atlas number
WA1923 (1923)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Newport
National Grid reference
SN 063 373
Latitude
52.00023
Longitude
-4.82323
Altitude
330 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
9
Breaks through the ramparts
9
Enclosed area
3.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
scrub or bracken and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures and curvilinear platforms
Investigations
Other (1889); Other (1973); Other (1981); Other (2011); 1st Identified Written Reference (1100-1199); Other (2006-2007); Other (1810)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE011(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 1494
National record
record SN 03 NE; monument 300426
Wikidata
Q31108070

Sources

References

  1. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 189.
  2. Fenton, R.A. 1994. A historical tour through Pembrokeshire, Haverfordwest: Reprinted by Cyngor Sir Dyfed County Council , Cultural Services Department.
  3. Hogg, A.H.A. 1973. Gaer Fawr and Carn Ingli: two major Pembrokeshire hill-forts, Arch Camb, 122, 69-84.
  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. Pearson A.W. 1996. Carn Ingli, circa 1500 BC to AD 1845: THE APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO THE STUDY OF SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT AT NEWPORT, PEMBROKESHIRE, UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH UNPUBLISHED PHD THESIS.
  7. Rees, S. 1992: A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, London: HMSO, 63-4.