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y Gaer Fawr, Carn Goch

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2136

y Gaer Fawr, Carn Goch is a contour fort in Llangadog, Carmarthenshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: y Gaer Fawr.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall, and an enclosed area of 11 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and a ridge and at 220 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture and scrub or bracken.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (CM037a(CAM)).

Location

Atlas number
WA2136 (2136)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llangadog
National Grid reference
SN69122432
Latitude
51.90197
Longitude
-3.90380
Altitude
220 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 2
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
8
Breaks through the ramparts
8
Enclosed area
11 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Also recorded
annex and multi-period enclosure system
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (North east); Simple Gap (South west); Postern Gate (North west); Postern Gate (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken
Water source
pool

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
rectangular stone structures and other roundhouse evidence
Finds
pottery
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1887); Other (1969); Other (1988); Other (2009); Other (1986-2003); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CM037a(CAM)
HER
Dyfed 887
National record
record SN 62 SE; monument 100866
Wikidata
Q8046138

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A 1974. Carn Goch, Carmarthenshire, Arch Camb, 123, 46-48.
  2. 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.
  3. Rees, S. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, 85-6, London: HMSO, 85-6.
  4. Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments and constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire 1917. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, V, Carmarthen, 427, London: HMSO.
  5. Savory, H.N. 1954. List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Carmarthenshire. Bull Board Celtic Stud, 16, 56.