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Parc y Gaer, Carmarthen
Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2257
Location
- Atlas number
- WA2257 (2257)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Historic county
- Carmarthenshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Carmarthen
- National Grid reference
- SN41402220
- Latitude
- 51.87572
- Longitude
- -4.30542
- Altitude
- 160 m
Form and condition
- Type
- hillslope fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- partial bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Ramparts by quadrant
- NE 0, SE 0, SW 2, NW 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 0
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 0
- Enclosing works, as visible
- rubble
- Also recorded
- ditches
Landscape
- Topographic position
- hilltop and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- northwest
- Land use
- scrub or bracken
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2007); Other (2007-2008)
Identifiers
- HER
- Dyfed 8947
- National record
- record SN 42 SW; monument 108823
- Wikidata
- Q31110123
Sources
References
- 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 SN40, SN41, SN42, SN43 AND SN44, DYFED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST REPORT NO. 2007/27, PROJECT RECORD NO. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.