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Clawdd y Milwyr

Pembrokeshire, Wales · Atlas WA1940

Clawdd y Milwyr is a promontory fort in St Davids and the Cathedral Close St David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: St David's Head Camp and Warrior's Dyke.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial multivallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 3.4 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a coastal promontory, at 35 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes coastal grassland.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (PE071(PEM)).

Location

Atlas number
WA1940 (1940)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
St Davids and the Cathedral Close St David's
National Grid reference
SM 7220 2790
Latitude
51.90291
Longitude
-5.31293
Altitude
35 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial multivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
3
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 3, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
3.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Passage-way/Corridor (North east); In-turned (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures and curvilinear platforms
Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
Other (1793); Other (1811); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Excavation (1898); Other (1973); Other (1981); Other (1986); Other (1998); LiDAR Survey (2008); Other (2011); Other (1994-2006); Other (2006-2007); 1st Identified Written Refer

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE071(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 2624
National record
record SM 72 NW; monument 94974
Wikidata
Q31108166

Sources

References

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  2. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 174.
  3. Driver, T. 2007. Pembrokeshire. Historic Landscapes from the Air, Aberystwyth: RCAHMW.
  4. Fenton, R.A. 1994. A historical tour through Pembrokeshire, Haverfordwest: Reprinted by Cyngor Sir Dyfed County Council , Cultural Services Department.
  5. Murphy, K. 2001. A prehistoric field system and related monuments on St David's Head and Carn Llidi, Pembrokeshire, Proc Prehist Soc, 67, 85-99.
  6. Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKSHIRE,
  7. 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SM72 and SM82, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
  8. Page, M., Barker, L., Driver, T. and Murphy, K. 2008. Remote sensing and the Iron Age coastal promontory forts of Pembrokeshire, Arch in Wales, 48, 27-38.
  9. RCAMWM 1925. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VII, County of Pembroke, London: HMSO, No. 943.
  10. Rees, S. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, London: HMSO, 70-1.