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Quoit's Wood

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2051

Location

Atlas number
WA2051 (2051)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Hundleton
National Grid reference
SM 9695 0085
Latitude
51.66959
Longitude
-4.93785
Altitude
50 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
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
1.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1965-1975); Other (2002-2007); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 3269
National record
record SM 90 SE; monument 305272
Wikidata
Q31108523

Sources

References

  1. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 184.
  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 SM90 and SN00, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
  4. 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. 336.