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y Gaer, Pencarreg
Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2129
Location
- Atlas number
- WA2129 (2129)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Historic county
- Carmarthenshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Pencarreg
- National Grid reference
- SN58954425
- Latitude
- 52.07856
- Longitude
- -4.05973
- Altitude
- 344 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- univallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 1
- Number of ditches
- 1
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 1.2 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank, stone wall, and rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South east)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1968); Other (1983); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1887-1888); Other (1994-1999); Other (2007-2008)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- CM173(CAM)
- HER
- Dyfed 787
- National record
- record SN 54 SE; monument 303869
- Wikidata
- Q31110221
Sources
References
- Murphy, F., Ramsey, R., Page, M. and Murphy, K. 2008. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CARMARTHENSHIRE, 2007-08: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN51, SN52 and SN54, DYFED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST REPORT NO. 2007/27, PROJECT RECORD NO. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.