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Castell Elwyn

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2130

Location

Atlas number
WA2130 (2130)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Pencarreg
National Grid reference
SN56484368
Latitude
52.07280
Longitude
-4.09551
Altitude
280 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 1, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
northwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1968); Other (1983-2000); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 789
National record
record SN 54 SE 3; monument 303868
Wikidata
Q31109882

Sources

References

  1. 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.
  2. Savory, H.N. 1954. List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Carmarthenshire. Bull Board Celtic Stud, 16, 66.