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Castell Pant y Fen

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2194

Location

Atlas number
WA2194 (2194)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanfihangel-ar-Arth
National Grid reference
SN46164015
Latitude
52.03831
Longitude
-4.24437
Altitude
90 m

Form and condition

Type
level-terrain fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.1 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east)

Landscape

Topographic position
cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
Aspect
level
Land use
woodland

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

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

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 1829
National record
record SN 44 SE 1; monument 101808
Wikidata
Q31109985

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.