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Crowhill Rath

Pembrokeshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2091

Location

Atlas number
WA2091 (2091)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Pembrokeshire
Historic county
Pembrokeshire
Parish, community, or townland
Camrose
National Grid reference
SM 9503 1737
Latitude
51.81723
Longitude
-4.97531
Altitude
20 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
0.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1981); Other (1965-1975); Other (1986-1998); Other (2006-2007)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
PE218(PEM)
HER
Dyfed 4316
National record
record SM 91 NE 15; monument 305243
Wikidata
Q31108792

Sources

References

  1. Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN PEMBROKeSHIRE,
  2. 2006-07: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARE SN71, SN81 and SN91, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.