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Clegyr Boia

Pembrokeshire, Wales · Atlas WA1961

Clegyr Boia is a contour fort in St Davids and the Cathedral Close St David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: Clegyr-Boia, Clegyr Voia, and Clegyr-Foia.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble, and an enclosed area of 0.22 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a knoll or outcrop and at 60 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual, C14, and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (PE109(PEM)).

Location

Atlas number
WA1961 (1961)
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
SM73732509
Latitude
51.87831
Longitude
-5.28888
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 1, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.22 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble
Enclosing works, excavated
earthen bank and stone wall
Also recorded
guard chambers
Entrance forms
In-turned (South west); Recesses/Guard Chambers (South west); Passage-way/Corridor (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
knoll or outcrop
Aspect
level
Land use
scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC and 400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual, C14, and Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
roundhouses and rectangular structures
Finds
pottery and lithics
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Excavation (1902); Excavation (1943); Other (1973); Other (1981); Other (1996); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE109(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 2655
National record
record SM 72 NW; monument 305389
Wikidata
Q31108224

Sources

References

  1. Baring-Gould, S. 1903. The exploration of Clegyr Voia, Arch Camb, 6th Series, 3, 1-111.
  2. Driver, T. 2007. Pembrokeshire, Historic Landscapes from the Air, Aberystwyth: RCAHMW, 98.
  3. James, H. and Williams, G. 1982. Rural settlement in Dyfed. In D. Miles (ed.) The Romano British Countryside, BAR (British Series) 103. Oxford, 289_312.
  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 SM72 and SM82, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
  6. RCAMWM 1925. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VII, County of Pembroke, London: HMSO, No. 948.
  7. Rees, S. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, London: HMSO, 71-2.
  8. Williams, A. 1952. Clegyr Boia, St. David's (Pemb.): Excavations in 1943, Arch Camb, 102, 20-47.