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Parc Castell, Pont Cwm-Bach

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1953

Location

Atlas number
WA1953 (1953)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Scleddau
National Grid reference
SM 9418 3673
Latitude
51.99075
Longitude
-4.99919
Altitude
30 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 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, rubble, counterscarp bank, and unfinished work
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
northeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

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

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 2516
National record
record SM 93 NW 31; monument 305182
Wikidata
Q31108122

Sources

References

  1. Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKSHIRE,
  2. 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SM73, M823 and SM93, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.