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Black Point Rath

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2007

Black Point Rath is a promontory fort in The Havens, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: Black Point and Black Scar Camp.

It is recorded as both extant and likely destroyed, with surface evidence of rubble and an enclosed area of 0.26 hectares.

Survival on the ground may be uneven.

The topographic record places it on a coastal promontory, at 61 m, and facing southwest.

Recorded land use includes scrub or bracken and coastal grassland.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (PE265(PEM)).

Location

Atlas number
WA2007 (2007)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
The Havens
National Grid reference
SM 8597 1527
Latitude
51.79498
Longitude
-5.10526
Altitude
61 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.26 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble
Also recorded
chevaux de frise and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southwest
Land use
scrub or bracken and coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior excavation
roundhouses
Finds
pottery and animal bones
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1981); Other (1991); LiDAR Survey (2008); Other (1965-1975); Other (1994-2006); Other (2006-2007); Excavation (1897)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE265(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 3128
National record
record SM 81 NE; monument 305331
Wikidata
Q31108537

Sources

References

  1. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 177.
  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 SM71, SM81 and SM91, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
  4. Page, M., Barker, L., Driver, T. and Murphy, K. 2008. Remote sensing and the Iron Age promontory forts of Pembrokeshire. Archaeol Wales, 48, 27-38.
  5. Phillips, J. 1897. Exploration of earthworks on the coast of Pembrokeshire, Arch Camb, 5th S, XIV, 41-4.
  6. RCAMWM 1925: Pembrokeshire Inventory No. 214; RCAMWM 1925. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VII, County of Pembroke, London: HMSO, No. 278.