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Pencaerau-Bach

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2212

Location

Atlas number
WA2212 (2212)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Trelech
National Grid reference
SN32282361
Latitude
51.88571
Longitude
-4.43847
Altitude
150 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 1, NW 0
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
2 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and spur
Aspect
southwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1967); Other (1984-2008); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 2242
National record
record SN 32 SW; monument 303727
Wikidata
Q31110001

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 SN32, SN33 and SN34, DYFED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST REPORT NO. 2007/27, PROJECT RECORD NO. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.
  2. 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, 756, London: HMSO.
  3. Savory, H.N. 1954. List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Carmarthenshire. Bull Board Celtic Stud, 16, 59.