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Castell Mawr, Trelech-A'R-Bettws

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2238

Location

Atlas number
WA2238 (2238)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Trelech
National Grid reference
SN27152758
Latitude
51.91981
Longitude
-4.51493
Altitude
170 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Outworks (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
west
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (1967-1976); Other (1983-1984); Other (1994-2002); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CM126(CAM)
HER
Dyfed 3940
National record
record SN 22 NE; monument 304196
Wikidata
Q31110386

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 SN22, SN23 and SN24, 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, 755, London: HMSO.
  3. Savory, H.N. 1954. List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Carmarthenshire. Bull Board Celtic Stud, 16, 65.