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Cilcrug

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2215

Location

Atlas number
WA2215 (2215)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Abernant
National Grid reference
SN37002416
Latitude
51.89205
Longitude
-4.37021
Altitude
170 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
1
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 0, SW 1, NW 1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.56 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
east
Land use
pasture and built-up land

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

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

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 2257
National record
record SN 32 SE; monument 303722
Wikidata
Q31110006

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.