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Llwyndu Camp

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2138

Location

Atlas number
WA2138 (2138)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llangadog
National Grid reference
SN67902447
Latitude
51.90303
Longitude
-3.92158
Altitude
140 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.7 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and rubble
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west); Simple Gap (North)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1968); Other (1986-2003); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CM010(CAM)
HER
Dyfed 892
National record
record SN 62 SE; monument 304032
Wikidata
Q31110262

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.