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Rudbaxton Rath

Pembrokeshire, Wales · Atlas WA2055

Rudbaxton Rath is a contour fort in Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: Crundale Rath and The Rath.

It is recorded as extant, with a bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank, and an enclosed area of 0.9 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 61 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 (Artefactual). Reliability is recorded as C - Low.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (PE101(PEM)).

Location

Atlas number
WA2055 (2055)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Rudbaxton
National Grid reference
SM 9854 1886
Latitude
51.83189
Longitude
-4.92533
Altitude
61 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.9 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland, pasture, and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
C - Low

Interior and investigation

Finds
metal
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1965); Other (1978); Other (1981); Other (1991-1998); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE101(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 3307
National record
record SM 91 NE; monument 305250
Wikidata
Q31108580

Sources

References

  1. British Museum 1925. Guide to Antiquities of the Early Iron Age, 2nd ed., London: British Museum, 149.
  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.