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y-Castell, Henre Ruffydd, Solva
Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA1974
Location
- Atlas number
- WA1974 (1974)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Historic county
- Pembrokeshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Solva
- National Grid reference
- SM 8045 2545
- Latitude
- 51.88423
- Longitude
- -5.19164
- Altitude
- 53.5 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
- 0.36 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South west)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory and spur
- Aspect
- northeast
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1973); Other (2006); Other (2006-2007)
Identifiers
- HER
- Dyfed 2756
- National record
- record SM 82 NW 19; monument 305313
- Wikidata
- Q31108201
Sources
References
- Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKeSHIRE,
- 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SM72 and SM82, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.