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Castell Trefach, Nevern

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1938

Location

Atlas number
WA1938 (1938)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Nevern
National Grid reference
SN 08674082
Latitude
52.03266
Longitude
-4.79071
Altitude
75 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
1
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1966); Other (1981); Other (1991-1999); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE353(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 1595
National record
record SN 04 SE 3; monument 304395
Wikidata
Q31108144

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 SN04 and SN14, 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. 771.