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Garn Fechan, Llanwnda

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1952

Location

Atlas number
WA1952 (1952)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Pencaer
National Grid reference
SM 9004 3893
Latitude
52.00895
Longitude
-5.06075
Altitude
170 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.3 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

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

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
round stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1964); Other (1981); Other (1990-1999); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE471(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 2491
National record
record SM 93 NW 12; monument 94298
Wikidata
Q31108199

Sources

References

  1. Driver, T. 2007. Pembrokeshire. Historic landscapes from the air, Aberystwyth: RCAHMW, 112.
  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 SN73, SN83 AND SN93. Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
  4. Rees, S. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, London: HMSO, 68.