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Allt-y-Cnap

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2202

Location

Atlas number
WA2202 (2202)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Carmarthen
National Grid reference
SN39501870
Latitude
51.84373
Longitude
-4.33138
Altitude
90 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Likely destroyed
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop and spur
Aspect
northwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1997); 1st Identified Written Reference (1954-1956); Other (1983-2008); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 2144
National record
record SN 31 NE; monument 102122
Wikidata
Q31109986

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 SN31, DYFED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST REPORT NO. 2007/27, PROJECT RECORD NO. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.
  2. Savory, H.N. 1954. List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Carmarthenshire. Bull Board Celtic Stud, 16, 66.