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Clog-y-Fran

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2233

Location

Atlas number
WA2233 (2233)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
St Clears
National Grid reference
SN24631585
Latitude
51.81366
Longitude
-4.54558
Altitude
70 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.45 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
rubble
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
northeast
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1967-1975); Other (1984-2008); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 3863
National record
record SN 21 NW; monument 304179
Wikidata
Q31110058

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 SN20 and SN21, 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, 64.