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Tal-y-Fan, Llandeilofawr

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2134

Location

Atlas number
WA2134 (2134)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Manordeilo and Salem
National Grid reference
SN64422621
Latitude
51.91783
Longitude
-3.97282
Altitude
50 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 0, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.24 ha
Footprint
0.45 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp and hillslope
Aspect
northeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

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

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 849
National record
record SN 62 NW 7; monument 304027
Wikidata
Q31109900

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 SN61, SN62, SN63 and SN64,, DYFED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST REPORT NO. 2007/27, PROJECT RECORD NO. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.