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Moat Farm Camp

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2146

Location

Atlas number
WA2146 (2146)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Trimsaran
National Grid reference
SN43720525
Latitude
51.72409
Longitude
-4.26411
Altitude
10 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory 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 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.23 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory
Aspect
northeast
Land use
woodland and built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1956); Other (1967); Other (1987-2007); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 1624
National record
record SN 40 NW; monument 101603
Wikidata
Q31109916

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 SN40, SN41, SN42, SN43 and SN44, DYFED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST REPORT NO. 2007/27, PROJECT RECORD NO. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.