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Old Castle Camp, Manorbier

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2089

Location

Atlas number
WA2089 (2089)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Manorbier
National Grid reference
SS 0757 9666
Latitude
51.63570
Longitude
-4.78216
Altitude
50 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.4 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall and rubble
Also recorded
annex and ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
coastal promontory
Aspect
southeast
Land use
coastal grassland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1866); Other (1965); Other (1996); Other (2003); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE405(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 4223
National record
record SS 09 NE; monument 305444
Wikidata
Q31108785

Sources

References

  1. Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 179.
  2. Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKSHIRE,
  3. 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SR89, SR99, SS09, SS19, 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. 649.